Gagandeep Singh has connections to Calgary, Ontario and BC.
CALGARY, Alta., — Calgary Police Service Organized Crime & Offender Management Section has laid charges against five men in relation to an elaborate scheme to extort a Calgary victim. This incident is an escalation of the ongoing violence associated to an extortion series that is targeting the South Asian community.
Gagandeep Singh, 29, of Calgary, is wanted on warrants for kidnapping with a firearm, pointing a firearm, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, and assault.
Gagandeep Singh has tattoos of a woman on his right forearm and a blue and red eagle on his left forearm. He has connections to Calgary, Ontario and British Columbia.
Between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m., on May 6, a man was kidnapped from a residence in Edmonton by four men.
The victim was assaulted, threatened at gunpoint and forced into a vehicle where he was driven from Edmonton to Calgary. The suspects drove the victim to his friend’s residence, located in the Calgary community of Cityscape, where additional suspects and vehicles were staged. The suspects attempted to force the victim to lure his friend, who was the intended extortion target, out of his residence. The victim refused and was assaulted again.
While the suspects remained outside of the Cityscape residence, the victim’s friend and his wife attempted to leave their residence. They were followed and threatened with a firearm before fleeing back to their residence where they contacted police.
Shortly after, police located a vehicle that was believed to be involved and conducted a traffic stop in the area near Metis Trail and 104 Avenue N.E. Two men were arrested during the traffic stop for their involvement in the Cityscape incident, however the initial Edmonton kidnapping remained unreported to police.
The remaining suspects drove the kidnapping victim back to Edmonton where he was released near his residence early the next morning. Upon his release, he contacted police to report the kidnapping.
On May 12, with the assistance of the CPS Tactical Team, investigators located two additional suspects and conducted a traffic stop in the 600 block of Martindale Boulevard N.E., where they were arrested.
Investigators seized a privately-manufactured firearm (PMF) as part of this investigation.
Four men arrested and charged
In total four men have been arrested and charged in relation to this incident, and a fifth man is wanted on warrants. Calgary police believe additional suspects were also involved and we are asking for anyone with information to come forward.
Taranveer Singh, 24, and Daksh Gautam, 25, both of Calgary, are each charged with two counts of pointing a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, kidnapping with a firearm, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, and assault.
Daksh Gautam will next appear in court on May 20. Taranveer Singh will next appear in court on June 24.
Akashdeep Singh, 18, of Calgary, and Pardeep Singh, 24, of Calgary, are each charged with kidnapping with a firearm, pointing a firearm, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, and assault.
Akashdeep Singh will appear in court on May 26. Pardeep Singh will appear in court on May 20.
