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The home of the newly elected president of Cricket Canada in Surrey, B.C., was the target of a shooting early Wednesday morning, the fifth estate has learned.
Arvinder Khosa confirmed his house, located in the Newton neighbourhood, was shot but didn’t provide any further details when reached by phone.
At least five bullet holes could be seen in the door, windows and exterior of the home.
Police say the house was occupied at the time of the shooting, which officers responded to around 4:40 a.m. PT, but no one was injured.
Surrey Police said the investigation is in early stages but the shooting is believed to be extortion related.
“An individual associated to the residence that was shot this morning has received extortion related threats,” Sergeant Ali Gailus, a media relations officer, told the fifth estate in an email.
Cricket Canada was the focus of a fifth estate investigation published last month that revealed broader allegations of corruption, influence by organized crime and attempts to fix parts of matches by major figures at Cricket Canada. Those accused deny the allegations.
It also revealed Khosa, who has maintained his position as the president of Cricket B.C., was connected to local players who claimed to be part of the Bishnoi gang and had allegedly threatened a national men’s player in 2025. He previously denied those allegations.
Khosa recently elected Cricket Canada president
Khosa was elected president after Cricket Canada’s annual general meeting on May 9 in Mississauga, Ont.
He had been serving as interim president after a judge ordered a vote on Cricket Canada’s leadership be held at a special general meeting in April.
Last year, Khosa led a group of provincial cricket associations in filing a petition in the B.C. Supreme Court arguing a vote on its national leadership was necessary because of “governance concerns” and “lack of proper financial controls.”
He replaced the previous president Amjad Bajwa.
One week later, the fifth estate investigation revealed Khosa’s connection to players who allegedly made threats to a national player and claimed to be part of the Bishnoi gang.
When asked why the board would vote for Khosa at a Brampton, Ont., event last week, Cricket Canada’s new vice-president said that the board questioned Khosa about the allegations.
“We were assured … he’s never been questioned by police, we were assured there’s nothing like [the allegations],” said newly-elected vice-president Ranjit Chaudhri.
Previous shooting involving Cricket Canada board member
This is not the first time a high-level member of Cricket Canada has had their house targeted.
In late February and early March, a former board member’s Calgary home was shot at in two separate incidents.
Three men are facing charges in relation to that shooting, with one of those suspects still at large.
This house in Calgary belonging to a former board member at Cricket Canada, who the fifth estate is not identifying for his protection, was shot at on two separate occasions earlier this year.
The former board member was forced to temporarily relocate his family and then resigned from Cricket Canada the morning after the second shooting.
That individual, whom the fifth estate did not identify to protect his and his family’s safety, said he believed the shootings were directly related to his work at Cricket Canada, where he handled contracts and litigation matters.
The former official told the fifth estate that he believes the threats are connected to his involvement in a deal between Cricket Canada and an outside business group looking to hold cricket tournaments sanctioned by the sport’s governing body.
There’s no indication from police that the Calgary and Surrey shootings are related.
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Cricket Canada is under fire amid allegations of corruption and fixing, even at the World Cup. We investigate claims of mistreatment of players and infiltration and death threats by organized crime.
