A Punjabi businessman with roots in Rajgarh, a village near Doraha, was shot dead in front of his house in the Ridgeview Drive area of Abbotsford, Surrey, on Monday.

A leading businessman in the cloth recycling industry, the victim has been identified as 68-year-old Darshan Singh Sahsi. He was about to get into his car to leave for his office in Maple Ridge when the assailants opened fire at him.

Suspecting the murder to be linked to ransom demands, the police have begun an investigation. It is learnt that Darshan Singh had moved to Canada many years ago and established a successful cloth recycling business, employing dozens of workers at his Maple Ridge factory.

Sources described Darshan Singh as a Good Samaritan who often donated to the needy. As per available information, he had been

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