Following two recent incidents in the Fraser Heights area, Surrey RCMP said they will be conducting school and community outreach to provide parents, students and residents with information and support.On February 8, a shooting killed one person who has been identified in the media as Brothers Keepers gangster Juvraj Jabal and left an unnamed female with serious injuries. A few days later, on February 10, a firearm was located on the school grounds at Bothwell Elementary. Surrey RCMP Youth Unit along with Victim Services are engaged and offering support to students and staff at Bothwell Elementary.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff With News Files

SURREY – Following two recent incidents in the Fraser Heights area, Surrey RCMP said they will be conducting school and community outreach to provide parents, students and residents with information and support.

On February 8, a shooting killed one person who has been identified in the media as Brothers Keepers gangster Juvraj Jabal and left an unnamed female with serious injuries. 

A few days later, on February 10, a firearm was located on the school grounds at Bothwell Elementary.

Surrey RCMP Youth Unit along with Victim Services are engaged and offering support to students and staff at Bothwell Elementary.

In addition, the Community Response Unit is organizing a Neighborhood Incident Response Support Team (NIRST) event in Fraser Heights for early next week. More information will be sent to residents and parents in that community with a date/location.

 “The purpose of the NIRST deployment is to engage with residents, answer questions and provide resources following a traumatic incident,” says Cpl Vanessa Munn, Media Relations Officer. “Our victim services staff will be on hand to help support the community.”

The Surrey RCMP continues to work closely with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team who are actively investigating the recent homicide in the area. IHIT Media Relations officer Sgt. David Lee, says:

 “IHIT is in close contact with the Surrey RCMP in its investigation surrounding the discovery of the firearm. We remain engaged with them and the Integrated Forensic Identification Section (IFIS) as their investigation unfolds to determine any potential links to recent homicides. Homicide investigators will also be available to assist the Surrey RCMP in their Neighborhood Incident Response Support Team event.”

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca.

Twenty-four-year-old Jabal was fatally wounded in a shooting in the Fraser Heights area on Tuesday had been on police radar for years. The Indo-Canadian gangster died of injuries sustained in the shooting in the 16800-block of 104 Ave about 11:30 p.m. Feb. 8. A woman with him in a vehicle was injured.

The director of civil forfeiture said Jabal was involved in criminal activity, including possession for the purpose of trafficking, as well as possession of proceeds of crime.

Jabal was convicted of trafficking in the 2015 case and sentenced to six months in jail. And he was again convicted in 2018 of trafficking two years earlier and sentenced to 12 months.

Police have said Jabal’s murder is believed to be part of the Lower Mainland gang conflict.

But they have not yet been able to determine if the slaying was in retaliation for the Feb. 5 murder in Thailand of United Nations gangster Jimi Sandhu, a former B.C. resident deported in 2016 for serious criminality, reported Postmedia.

Sandhu remained an influential member of the UN gang while living in India, Dubai and Southeast Asia in recent years. The UN is one of the gangs that has been battling with the Brothers Keepers across B.C. in recent years.

IHIT media officer, Sgt. David Lee, said in an email that he didn’t expect any new information to be released on Jabal’s death or a new IHIT file related to the body found in Langley about 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1800-block of 224 St, reported Postmedia.