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NRI Pritpal Virk, 19, shot to death by a rival gang in Vancouver

B.C., Canada, Feb. 06, 2008
Lachman Singh

NRI Pritpal Singh Virk, 19, of Richmond , BC, was gunned down with a close range about 11 p.m. Saturday in the 400-block of East 54th Ave. The quiet neighbourhood did not know there had been a shooting until they heard the police's car sirens all around.

Pritpal Virk was allegedly at a friend's party drinking and smoking hash late into the night. Virk left because he didn't feel well which was when he was allegedly shot by a rival gang. He was found lying on the street at about 11 p.m, was rushed to hospital and but died a short time later.

The court records show taht a series of drug charges laid against Virk had been stayed by federal prosecutors.

Last May, he was involving an SUV that plunged into the Nechako River after fleeing an RCMP road check near Vanderhoof:

  • Virk had been charged last spring after the high-profile drowning of his friend when their rented vehicle plunged into the Nechako River near Vanderhoof. They had just fled an RCMP road check.
  • Virk was pulled from the river and treated for hypothermia. But the driver, 19-year-old Daljit Singh Sandhu, drowned. Police later found 170 marijuana plants in the recovered Ford Escape and both Virk and a third man were charged. But according to court documents, all the charges were stayed Jan. 24, 2008. Virk survived and was charged with drug offences. He was out on a $2,000 bail. ....Full Story

More than 100 young NRIs have died in drug related gang violence in BC since the1990s and most of the killings remain unsolved.

Now a special task force have been established that includes Punjabi speaking officers to help tackle the problem.

 


 


 

Pritpal Singh Virk, 19, Richmond , BC was found shot to death in gang warfare in Vancouver. His father had died few years back but her mother was unable to mentor him properly.