Overview

• Victoria Provincial Court sentenced Abjeet Kingra on Sept. 26 to six years for firing into the home and two for arson, to be served concurrently.
• With credit for time in custody, he has about four years and eight months left and is expected to be deported afterward.
• Court records say the 25-year-old came to Canada on a student visa, struggled with school and work, and took the paid contract under financial pressure.
• Judge Lisa Mrozinski said the attack was carried out for an international criminal organization to terrorize the victim, and that Kingra recorded it on a body camera later posted online.
• Investigators say co-accused Vikram Sharma is believed to be in India, and the case underscores Canada’s recent listing of the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity.