Violence from a gang based in India has gripped the South Asian communities in Ontario and B.C. with fear. Extortions and subsequent violence have become an unfortunate reality among the relatively wealthy in those areas.

The gang’s growing influence has now spilled into Calgary with two possibly connected shootings within four days. A video circulating on social media shows a group of men shooting at the Dreamers nightclub on 10th Avenue, S.W., on July 21, the responsibility of which has been claimed by associates of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

Calgary police say another incident occurred on July 17 in the northeast community of Redstone, in which shots were fired into a parked car.

The eponymous gang, whose leader is currently imprisoned in India, gained prominence in North America fol

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