Punjabi businessman shot dead outside home in Canada; cops probe 'ransom' link

A Punjabi businessman and NRI with roots in Rajgarh, a village near Doraha in Ludhiana, was shot dead in front of his house on Monday.

Darshan Singh Sahsi (68), who lived in the Ridgeview Drive area of Abbotsford—a Punjabi-populated city near Surrey—was about to get into his car to go to his business office in neighboring Maple Ridge when the incident occurred.

Sahsi, a leading figure in the cloth recycling industry whose business also extended to India, employed dozens of people at his Maple Ridge factory. Known as a Good Samaritan, he frequently donated to charitable causes and was actively involved in community events.

Police are investigating the murder in connection with a ransom case. It is reported that Sahsi had received ransom calls in the past, which he had ignored.

The Canadian authorities have launched an official investigation into the killing.

Sahsi had moved to Canada many years ago and established himself as a prominent entrepreneur in the cloth recycling business.