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Assassins kill member of Sikh extremist crime gang ‘Brothers Keepers’ – Meninder Dhaliwal, 29, and his friend were gunned down in broad daylight on Sunday at popular Canadian Whistler ski resort

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sikh extremist group Brothers Keepers gangster and his friend are gunned down in broad daylight at Canada&&num;8217&semi;s famed ski resort town Whistler<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Meninder Dhaliwal&comma; 29&comma; was fatally shot with his friend&comma; Satindera Gill&comma; in front of the Sundial Hotel <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered a lock down of the idyllic mountain village of Whistler <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Two men were arrested late Sunday by the RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Police said the double-homicide was part of a protracted and violent gang war <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The Lower Mainland gang have been in conflict with the Brothers Keeper and another crime group called &&num;8216&semi;Red Scorpions<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Dhaliwal is a member of the Brothers Keepers Crime Family who allegedly&comma; operate over &dollar;16million annually in narcotics and arms trafficking<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;261f21&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Meninder last year have chased down the gunman who killed his brother and stabbed the assassin in the eye&comma; but he was never charged <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"alignleft size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Meninder-Dhaliwal-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413345" width&equals;"205" height&equals;"268"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Meninder Dhaliwal was assassinated on Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The popular Whistler ski resort in Canada&comma; an idyllic ski village in British Columbia was rocked on Sunday by the brazen daylight assassination of a notorious member of Canada&&num;8217&semi;s Brothers Keepers Gang&comma; a Sikh extremist crime family&comma; and another man&period; <br>A pair of gunmen fatally shot notorious gangster Meninder Dhaliwal&comma; 29&comma; and his friend Satindera Gill&comma; who apparently has no crime affiliation&comma; outside the Sundial Hotel in the Whistler Mountain ski community&comma; a little past noon on Monday&period; <br>Dhaliwal&&num;8217&semi;s family reputedly operates a crime empire which generates over &dollar;16 million a year from drug and arms trafficking&period;<br>Video of the gruesome aftermath shows Dhaliwal&comma; wearing a white T-shirt and shorts and an over the shoulder satchel&comma; face down in the hotel parking lot&comma; in a pool of blood&period; <br>His pal Gill is seen splayed out on the other side of a parked white BMW where a bystander appears to be trying to aid him&comma; the video shows&period;<br>Dhaliwal died at the scene and Gill was rushed to an area hospital where he succumbed to his gunshot wounds&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Meninder-Dhaliwal-5-1024x674&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413359"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The image shows the bodies of Meninder Dhaliwal&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; who was fatally shot along with his friend&comma; Satindera Gill&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; in front of the Sundial Hotel in Whistler&comma; British Colombia on Sunday afternoon<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;image-53&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413343" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"890"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Meninder Dhaliwal&comma; a member of the Brothers Keepers organized crime family&comma; was gunned down &lbrack;image&rsqb;&comma; in Whistler&comma; Canada on Sunday in a brazen midday shooting<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The community around Whistler Mountain&comma; home of the 2010 Winter Olympics&comma; was temporarily locked down by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as two dozen law enforcement agencies rushed to the scene to investigate&period;<br>Two men were arrested late Sunday by the RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team&comma; police said&period; They were not identified&comma; but police said that the double murder was part of protracted violent turf war between the Lower Mainland gang&comma; Brothers Keeper gang and another crime group called Red Scorpions over the last several years&period; Murders of members and associates of one group are often followed within days or weeks by a retaliatory hit&period; <br>On July 14&comma; the body of UN gangster Chris Irwin was found in Burnaby&period; He had been targeted twice in recent months but survived both attempts on his life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'349' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;pCQO2yfI&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>Canadian gangster and friend are gunned down at Whistler ski resort<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Meninder Dhaliwal was with his brothers Harb and Barinder when Harb was killed outside a posh Coal Harbor restaurant in Vancouver in April 2021&period; Meninder chased the hitman for two blocks and then stabbed him in the eye&comma; but was never charged in the assault&period; <br>The accused hitman&comma; Francois Gauthier&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vancouversun&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;man-gets-life-with-no-parole-for-20-years-for-brazen-coal-harbour-murder">pled guilty to second-degree murder<&sol;a> in June 2022&comma; and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 20 years before the possibility of parole&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Satindera-Gill-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413330" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"790"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Satindera Gill&comma; a friend of the Dhaliwal who was not involved in organized crime&comma; was also fatally shot<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A car set on fire in the 3300-block of Ptarmigan Place was related to the murders&comma; but police did not explain further&period;<br>As a result of the dynamic response and rapid evidence collection by officers&comma; Sea-to-Sky RCMP were able to locate and apprehend multiple individuals&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Sgt&period; Timothy Pierotti told the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vancouversun&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;brothers-keeper-gangster-shot-to-death-in-whistler" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Vancouver Sun<&sol;a>&period; <br>Businesses and residents locked their doors and were told to remain there until police gave the all-clear sign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Sundial-Hotel-in-Whistler-Mountain-ski-community-Canada-2-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413355" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"581"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Meninder Dhaliwal&comma; 29&comma; and his friend Satindera Gill&comma; were in front of the Sundial Hotel&comma; pictured&comma; when they were shot<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The three-kilometer-plus Peak to Peak gondola joins the two mountaintops of Whistler and Blackcomb and is the world&&num;8217&semi;s longest unsupported lift span&period; It takes 22 minutes for a round-trip and offers stunning 360-degree views of Whistler Village&comma; mountain peaks&comma; lakes&comma; glaciers and forests<br>Incomparable views that stretch to the Pacific Ocean&comma; plenty of terrain for all skill levels&comma; and a charming full-service resort village right at the base make it an equally good choice for families and casual skiers&period; The Village has 200 shops&comma; boutiques&comma; galleries&comma; jewelers&comma; garment and gear specialists to keep visitors busy&period; Expect big names like Patagonia and Helly Hansen&comma; and local favorites like Armchair Books&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Whistler-Mountain-ski-community-British-Columbia-Canada-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413332" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"653"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Located in the spectacular Coast Mountains of British Columbia just two hours north of Vancouver&comma; Whistler is Canada’s favorite year-round destination&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Scott Cargo was doing some Sunday window shopping in the area when he heard the shots&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I was out here just simply checking at some bikes… and I heard gunshots&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox3now&period;com&sol;brothers-keeper-gangster-meninder-dhaliwal-was-one-of-two-men-gunned-down-in-whistler-village-near-sundial-hotel&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Fox 3 News<&sol;a>&period; &&num;8216&semi;Then&comma; a little kid from &lbrack;Mountainside Lodge&rsqb; came running down&comma; came tearing down here&comma; and said there was a shooting down there&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Cargo said he immediately told the store employees to take precautions&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I locked the doors&comma; kept everyone in the store&comma; and instructed everyone to stay away from the window&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told the news station&period;<br>Other video shows mountain bikers&comma; who used the ski resort&&num;8217&semi;s steep slopes to ride on in the summer months&comma; being kept out of the main strip of the quaint alpine town as police hunted for the suspects&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Brazen&comma; for sure&period; Dangerous&comma; for sure&comma;&&num;8217&semi; RMPC Inspector Robert Dykstra told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;globalnews&period;ca&sol;news&sol;9012387&sol;ongoing-incident-with-heavy-police-presence-in-whistler-b-c&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Global News<&sol;a>&period; &&num;8216&semi;Anybody else could have been hurt in that &lbrack;shooting&rsqb;&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Whistler-Mountain-ski-community-British-Columbia-Canada-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413334" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"548"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The Village has 200 shops&comma; boutiques&comma; galleries&comma; jewelers&comma; garment and gear specialists to keep visitors busy&period; Expect big names like Patagonia and Helly Hansen&comma; and local favorites like Armchair Books<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This kind of gunplay is rare in the resort area&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Whistler is a very safe community&period; A lot of visitors come here every year&period; Violent crime is something that we don&&num;8217&semi;t see very much in Whistler&comma; so it&&num;8217&semi;s shocking to see this happening in such a public area in our community&period; Obviously we&&num;8217&semi;re concerned and we&&num;8217&semi;ll be investigating this&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Dykstra said&period;<br>Dhaliwal was a known member of the Sikh separatist group Brothers Keepers and the violent Dhaliwal crime family&comma; which Canadian police say traffics in guns&comma; drugs&comma; extortion&comma; kidnapping&comma; murder and car thefts&period;<br>Indo-Canadian crime rings are the third largest gang organizations in Canada&comma; behind biker gangs and Vietnamese triads&comma; according to police&period; Sikh-Canadians started trafficking in guns and drugs in the 1980s to fund a revolutionary movement to have the Punjab region of India break off from the rest of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;Whistler-Mountain-ski-community-British-Columbia-Canada-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-413333" width&equals;"843" height&equals;"605"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The three-kilometer-plus Peak to Peak gondola joins the two mountaintops of Whistler and Blackcomb and is the world&&num;8217&semi;s longest unsupported lift span&period; It takes 22 minutes for a round-trip and offers stunning 360-degree views of Whistler Village&comma; mountain peaks&comma; lakes&comma; glaciers and forests<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br>In June 1984&comma; Prime Minister Indira Ghandi ordered the army to raid the Golden Temple and some other of the most sacred temples in the Sikh religion&comma; spurring the separatist movement in Sikh communities around the globe&period; <br>In May&comma; the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia issued a public warning about 11 men&comma; including Meninder Dhaliwal&comma; who they said posed a &&num;8216&semi;significant risk to public safety&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Police agencies throughout the Lower Mainland are aware of several conflicts involving numerous crime groups that have resulted in murders and attempted murders in recent weeks in public places&period; Police are expecting the violence to continue and escalate&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the announcement&period; <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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