THE man who was shot dead at a Surrey business in the 13000-block of 76 Avenue on the afternoon of May 4 “was allegedly a “main handler” for the notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang and had alleged ties to cricket fixing,” according to a CBC report.

The man’s name has yet to be disclosed by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT). All that IHIT told the media was that he was a man in his 30’s who had no criminal history and was not previously the target of any reported threats or extortion. He was at his place of work at the time of the shooting.

There are several businesses operating from the building in which he was killed. Community sources said that the victim had rented office space in one of the businesses.

Now, a report by CBC says that their fifth estate investigation shows that Gurvikramjeet Singh Warring, known as Sam, was allegedly shot by a rival gang. “He had a number of aliases, including “Satveer Singh Warring,” “Sam Canada” or just “Sam”,” says CBC.

“Even in death, two different memorial photos with two different names circulated through the community,” CBC reports.

It points out that the day after his death, a social media post from an account appearing to be rival Indian gang leader Rohit Godara claimed responsibility. The post called Warring the “main handler” for Lawrence Bishnoi.

Indian news media Bhakar English said in a report at the time: “Gangsters Rohit Godara and Pawan Shaukeen later claimed responsibility for the murder through a social media post. In the post, Rohit Godara identified the deceased as “Sam Canada” and alleged that he was helping rival gangs and plotting against them.

“The post also alleged that the victim was involved in cricket match-fixing and illegal betting operations in Canada. Godara claimed that money earned through betting was being used to support rival gangs. The social media account used for the post was later suspended.”

The CBC report says: “As part of its investigation into allegations of corruption and match-fixing at Cricket Canada published in April, sources had previously told the fifth estate that a figure named “Sam” was connected to threats against players and officials related to who should be on the national team.

“Those same sources later confirmed that “Sam” and Warring were the same individual.”

CBC also reports: “It appears Warring was more than just a low-level figure in the Bishnoi gang.

“According to multiple reports in Indian media, his aliases appeared on a list released by the Indian government in April 2023 of more than two dozen alleged gangsters from the state of Punjab hiding around the world.

“Included in the list of those hiding in Canada, were his aliases: Satveer Singh Warring, or “Sam Canada.””

CBC reports that according to information obtained by the fifth estate, “Gurvikramjeet Singh Warring came to Canada in 2013 from India as a temporary foreign worker. He was brought in as an electrician.

“Warring appeared to be a legitimate businessman, running an education company that, sources say, helped students get loans to pay for their education from the provincial government.”

CBC says that the fifth estate has confirmed he had at least two businesses registered as numbered companies in his name. One of the companies appears to be a fraudulent farm business that applied for temporary foreign worker permits to bring in farm workers.

“But in August 2025, it was fined $135,000 by the Canadian government for compliance issues, including not actually doing the business it was hiring foreign nationals for,” CBC says.