Washington, November 7: Two men face firearm charges over a series of shootings targeting a café owned by comedian Kapil Sharma and a residential property in Surrey, Canada, including an attack that injured a woman. The cases have drawn attention to a pattern of gun violence involving the café, which had also been targeted in two earlier shootings.
The British Columbia Provincial Extortion Task Force announced charges against Pardeep Singh and Saveer Khan, both aged 22, on Friday. Police arrested the two men in Surrey on November 1, and both remain in custody.
Each accused faces two counts of reckless discharge of a firearm, with one charge relating to each shooting. The allegations have not been established in court, and the accused remain entitled to the presumption of innocence.
The Canadian Press identified the targeted business as Kap’s Café, reporting that the date and location provided by police corresponded with the shooting on October 16, 2025.
Gunmen fired shots at the café while it remained closed to customers. However, two employees were inside the premises at the time. Neither sustained injuries.
The second incident occurred four days earlier, on October 12, when police responded to reports of gunfire at a residence in the 13000 block of 103A Avenue in Surrey. A woman suffered injuries in that attack.
Investigators identified possible connections between the two incidents, prompting the Provincial Extortion Task Force to take charge of both cases. The task force subsequently coordinated its investigation with the Surrey Police Service and British Columbia’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, leading to the arrests and charges.
Chief Superintendent Duncan Pound, a senior Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in the Lower Mainland, said investigators had spent more than a year examining the cases. Their work involved executing search warrants, obtaining judicial authorisations and analysing evidence before prosecutors proceeded with the charges.
Pound acknowledged the concerns the shootings had caused within the community and referred to coordination among law enforcement agencies in addressing violence associated with extortion investigations.
However, the charges announced so far relate specifically to the alleged reckless discharge of firearms. The available police statement did not identify any specific extortion demand linked to either shooting or establish the nationality of the accused.
The October 16 incident was not the first time Kap’s Café had come under gunfire. According to Canadian Press, the establishment had already been targeted in two previous shootings. Videos apparently recorded from the shooters’ perspective also circulated widely on social media.
British Columbia established the RCMP-led Provincial Extortion Task Force in September 2025 to coordinate investigations into extortion-related crimes across the province. The latest charges bring two separate shooting investigations under the same criminal proceedings, although the allegations against the accused remain subject to judicial determination.
