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charge laid in extortion-related shooting of surrey mansion

by david carrigg
published dec 09, 2025
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this home on the 17000-block of 32nd ave in surrey was targeted with gunfire. arlen redekop / png
a 21-year-old man has been charged in relation to an alleged extortion-related shooting at a surrey mansion last month.
avtar singh has been charged with one count of unlawfully discharging a firearm, b.c. rcmp said in a news release.
the charge is related to a shooting at a residence in the 17000-block of 32nd avenue on nov. 12. the shooting occurred four days after another shooting at the same residence. someone working at the home suffered non-life-threatening injuries in that first incident.
“this investigation series involved one primary victim and several incidents related to them,” the news release said.
singh was arrested on dec. 5 and is in custody pending a dec. 10 court appearance.
postmedia news previously reported that the large, high-end home was owned by prominent surrey businessman sandeep ahuja. he is co-owner of the punjab insurance agency. in a profile in a south asian business magazine, the entrepreneur and father-of-three is described as a hardworking, ambitious businessman who took a risk of starting his own insurance company after working in the industry for only two years.
as of dec. 1, surrey police had received more than 94 reports of extortion in the city, with at least 43 of them involving shootings.
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david carrigg
david carrigg

i am an experienced journalist who has worked in this field for almost 30 years. i was trained in albany, western australia, for the albany advertiser at a time when they were still instructing new reporters how to write in shorthand. many things have changed in our industry since then, but the stories remain. i have written about almost everything over the years and still very much enjoy the job and the privilege it gives me meeting people from every walk of life.

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