One of India’s most wanted terrorists has been arrested and charged in connection with a recent alleged shooting in Ontario. Arshdeep Singh Gill is known on the streets of India by the alias “Arsh Dalla”, a name that in recent years has become synonymous with violence in India. Dalla has lived in Canada for several years.
According to multiple media reports in India, he’s also a known associate of Hardeep Nijjar -- a Sikh separatist activist who was involved with the Khalistan movement which calls for an independent Sikh state. The Trudeau government believes that Nijjar was murdered in British Columbia by agents of the Indian Government. Speaking to CTV News, Ritesh Lakhi, a well-connected independent journalist in India, says Dalla is “a very prominent player, as far as organized crime in the north state of Punjab.
” In late October, police in Halton, Ont. posted a press release alleging that two men involved in a shooting in Milton, Ont., had been "charged with discharging firearm with intent" shortly after they arrived at a hospital in Guelph, Ont.
, because one of them had been shot. While the press release neglected to share the names of those charged, a CTV News investigation has uncovered that Dalla is in fact one of two people charged, and that Dalla has been in custody in Canada awaiting a decision on his request for bail since his arrest. In January of 2023, the Indian government put out a public notification announcing that Dalla had been added to India�.
