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Fund established to support Kanwaljit Singh, victim of suspected hate crime

May 10, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

After having been shot twice in Port Orange, Florida during a suspected hate-based attack in February, Kanwaljit Singh and his family have been facing financial difficulties during his recovery. A fund has now been established to offer financial support. Coordinated Sikh Coalition and SALDEF advisories alert us to the dire financial straits that Kanwaljit Singh’s family is now in: Since the purported hate crime attack, Mr. Singh and his family, including his wife and two children, have suffered from significant […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Florida, hate crime, Kanwaljit Singh, Port Orange, support fund

Elderly Sikh man brutally assaulted in alleged hate attack – UPDATED

May 7, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last night, news broke that an elderly Sikh man in Fresno, California, was attacked and beaten severely on Sunday in an alleged hate-motivated assault. Piara Singh, 82 years old, was brutally beaten after leaving the Gurdwara Nanaksar in Fresno on Sunday morning: Piara Singh was beaten with a steel rod. He is currently admitted in the hospital undergoing treatment for severe head injuries, and his condition is said to be critical. His rib was also fractured and a lung collapsed during the […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Anup Singh, California, Florida, Fresno, Gurmej Atwal, hate crimes, Kanwaljit Singh, Oak Creek, Paramjit Kaur, Piara Singh, Port Orange, Prakash Singh and Suveg Singh Khattra, Punjab Singh, Ranjit Singh, Satwant Singh Kaleka, Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Sita Singh, Surinder Singh, Wisconsin

Kanwaljit Singh, victim of FL drive-by shooting, forgives his attacker

March 8, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Family and friends of Kanwaljit Singh, who is recovering at home after being shot twice while driving with his son two weeks ago, have provided an update on his condition: “He doesn’t have any anger towards the person that shot him. He’s just shocked why he chose him,” said Harvinder Chadda, a family friend. Kanwaljit Singh is also reportedly in too much pain to speak and his recovery will take several months. Read more at WFTV. Police are looking for […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Drive-by shooting, Florida, hate crime, Kanwaljit Singh, Port Orange

Port Orange Police have released surveillance footage of the suspect pickup truck involved in the February 23 drive-by shooting of Kanwaljit Singh (source: Daytona Beach News-Journal)

FL shooting victim released from hospital — UPDATED

March 5, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Kanwaljit Singh, victim of a drive-by shooting ten days ago, reportedly has been released from hospital after being hit with two bullets while driving home with his 13-year-old son in Port Orange, Florida: Singh’s car was shot at six times as the 46-year-old father of two headed west over the Dunlawton Bridge. He was with his 13-year-old son at the time and the pair had just closed a new convenience store that Singh had opened on the beachside, friends said. […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Drive-by shooting, Florida, hate crimes, Kanwaljit Singh, Port Orange

Sikh man in Florida shot in drive-by attack

February 25, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) and the Sikh Coalition sent out coordinated alerts today that a 46-year-old Sikh American man in Florida was shot while driving last Saturday night with his 13-year-old son over the Dunlawton Avenue Bridge in Port Orange, Florida: According to local news reports, as Mr. Kanwaljit Singh was traveling in his car with his 13-year-old son, a late 80s to early 90s Ford F-150 truck pulled up beside him, and several shots […]

Categories: Hate Crimes • Tags: Florida, hate crimes, Kanwaljit Singh, Port Orange, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sikh Coalition

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