Eby to ask prime minister to declare India's Bishnoi gang a terrorist group
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will ask Prime Minister Mark Carney that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang be declared a terrorist organization in Canada.
Police have said members of the South Asian community are being extorted of cash under threat of death or violence and the India-based gang has been linked to some of those threats.
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