Immigration and Refugee Board documents describe a previously unreported Bishnoi-linked group, known as the Baweja group, including a pepper-spray attack in Calgary in October 2025 and allegations tied to extortion cases in B.C.…
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Immigration and Refugee Board documents disclosed to authorities through access-to-information requests describe a previously unreported Bishnoi-linked cell known as the Baweja group and connect it to violence and extortion threats in Alberta and British Columbia.
In early October 2025, a van full of masked attackers pulled into the parking lot of a Calgary college and ambushed a group of young men who were napping in a white Mustang.
The documents say one victim was pepper-sprayed in the face and police later found a baseball bat and a sword at the scene. The attackers recorded the confrontation and sent a video to the parents of one victim, Kawanmeet Singh, to warn them about “what their son was doing and what behaviour he was engaging in.”
The documents describe Singh as an alleged extortionist and an alleged leader of the Baweja group, and they say the attack appeared to be retaliation by members of another gang.
In the same incident, the documents say Ekamjot Singh was pepper-sprayed and got into the Mustang as the attackers moved, but collided with the attackers’ van, a concrete barrier and other parked cars.
The documents also refer to other alleged Baweja-related incidents in the Calgary area in the hours following the college parking-lot attack, including an extortion-related shooting in which nine bullets were fired into a Jeep near a residence.
During hearings this summer in Vancouver and Toronto, the documents say Kawanmeet Singh, Ekamjot Singh, and Sukhdeep Singh were found inadmissible to Canada because of organized criminality.
The documents say a hearing for a fourth alleged Baweja group member, Rohit Nain, was scheduled for January.
The IRB materials further describe how the Baweja group’s members are said to use last names linked to Singh in immigration proceedings, and they add that Kawanmeet Singh’s actual surname is described in the documents as Baweja.
The documents also describe a series of threats connected to extortion, including a claim that a restaurant owner received a WhatsApp message saying, “Call me back, otherwise this can happen at your residence next time,” followed by “Call me back when you get up in the morning.”
According to the disclosed materials, forensic evidence showed the same firearm used at two scenes tied to extortion threats, and spent casings matched nine other extortion shootings referenced in the documents, including one linked to attacks at Kap’s Cafe in Surrey.
The documents also describe that police arrested Kawanmeet Singh after an assault in a Tim Hortons parking lot on Oct. 13, 2025, in connection with alleged extortion threats. They say the victim reported extortion threats that included messages with pictures of firearms before being knocked to the ground and kicked, and that Singh was intercepted behind the wheel of a pickup truck.
In addition to describing alleged mobility across Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, the documents cite a police report asserting that Baweja members fit a broader profile, including being “mostly young” and frequently moving between addresses and travelling to multiple cities.
The documents say the Baweja group members were referenced as being encountered repeatedly in police investigations connected to extortion cases, and that alleged outcomes included deportation rather than criminal penalties being described in the documents via a confidential informant’s account.
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