Man gets six years for shooting, arson at Punjabi singer’s home in B.C.

COLWOOD — A Winnipeg man convicted of arson and firing a weapon at the British Columbia home of Indo-Canadian pop star AP Dhillon last year has been sentenced to six years in prison.

RCMP say in a release that 26-year-old Abjeet Kingra has a noted connection to the India-based Bishnoi gang, and a judge concluded that the attack on Dhillon’s Vancouver Island home last year was not isolated.

The Bishnoi gang, based in India, has been linked to a number of investigations into violent crimes across Canada, and was classified as a terrorist entity by the federal government this week.

The Mounties say Kingra was sentenced in Victoria provincial court on Friday for intentionally and recklessly discharging a firearm, and received a six-year sentence that has 4 1/2 years remaining after time served is considered.