The American Federal Bureau of Investigation has added the man — Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar — accused of ordering the assassination of Khalistani and Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada to the agency’s ten most wanted fugitives list.
Nijjar’s assassination in Surrey, British Columbia, rocked India-Canada relations during the Trudeau era after the then-Prime Minister accused the Indian government of assassinating the Khalistani separatist figure.
Since then, the FBI have revealed that the Lawrence Bishnoi organized crime group carried out and ordered the hit on the man.
The man allegedly behind the order to kill Nijjar is now one of the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives as he continues to evade arrest.
Canada listed the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a designated terrorist entity in 2025.
The FBI announced on Monday that the man known as Goldy Brar and a number of other aliases is wanted on several organized crime-related charges, including murders, kidnappings, assaults, drug and weapons trafficking and “targeted assassinations — including of a prominent political and religious figure — shootings.”
Singh, or Brar, who is based in the U.S., is the alleged leader of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang’s operations in North America, according to the FBI.
“Goldy Brar and his network have wreaked devastating havoc on countless lives—through high-profile murders, shootings, death threats, extortion, arson, and drug trafficking,” Lisa Moreland, the deputy commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), said in the FBI statement.
“His addition to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list speaks to the collective resolve to capture him. The RCMP is committed to continue working with partners in the FBI to bring Goldy Brar to justice.”
He faces charges of racketeering-influenced and corrupt organization conspiracy, conspiracy to interfere and attempted interference with commerce by extortion, and conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances.
“Satinderjeep Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, is a dangerous individual, and the FBI and our partners have made it our priority to apprehend him, which is why we’re adding him to the FBI’s list of Top Ten fugitives and offering a reward of up to $1 million dollars for his capture,” the FBI’s Assistant Director in Charge, Patrick Grandy, said in a statement.
“The amount of attention this list will bring to his face and description cannot be overstated; his photo will be found on every FBI-affiliated website and social media platform, and will be publicized on every phone around the world until he’s caught.”
Singh was first named in the FBI and RCMP’s joint Operation Hardball, which indicted several Lawrence Bishnoi Gang members, including three who were operating in Canada.
“The inclusion of this defendant on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list underscores this administration’s determination to bring the full force of the law upon transnational criminal gangs,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in the announcement. “Working together with law enforcement in Canada, Europe, and Asia, we will continue to hunt down thugs such as ‘Goldy Brar’ and ensure they never see the outside of a prison again.”
According to the FBI statement, the Bishnoi enterprise is headed by 33-year-old Lawrence Bishnoi, a “ self-styled university student leader before tiring of politics and allegedly turning himself and his followers to crime” from Punjab, India, and a “gangster” currently imprisoned in India.
“Bishnoi projected a public image of himself as a deeply religious ‘patriot’ and used this public image to recruit members and associates to his crime syndicate in India, the U.S. and elsewhere,” the FBI announcement reads.
“In private, Bishnoi presided over a sweeping criminal enterprise that spanned multiple continents. Using contraband cellphones and other voice-over-internet protocol devices smuggled into his jail cell, Bishnoi personally directed crimes committed by members and associates of his enterprise worldwide.”