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Canada’s largest gold heist
The mastermind behind the world’s biggest heist of $20 million (Rs. 1, 73, 33, 67, 000 crore) in Canada, Simran Preet Panesar, has been identified. He lives in a rented house in Chandigarh with his wife Preeti, a former Miss India Uganda, singer and actress. The Canadian police had issued an international arrest warrant against Simran, under which the Chandigarh police have arrested her.
His wife is not involved in the robbery, but a case is pending against both of them in a Canadian court. Simran, 32, a former Air Canada manager, has been wanted in this case since April 2023, as she and her accomplices committed the crime in April 2023. Canadian police were waiting for his surrender because in June last year, his lawyer told the court that he was going to come to Canada and surrender, but the police kept waiting.
what is the matter?
According to the report, 32-year-old Simran had stolen gold and cash worth Rs 173 crore from a flight arriving from Zurich, Switzerland. She carried out the theft at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada. She had stolen 6600 gold bars and foreign currency worth $2.5 million (Rs 21, 66, 70, 875 crore) from the flight’s cargo. While investigating the case, Canadian police scanned more than 40 CCTV cameras and electronic devices.
20 officers conducted 28096 hours of investigation in a year. 9500 hours of overtime were worked, but no trace of Simran was found. However, during the investigation, $4,30,000 in cash, 6 gold bracelets worth $89,000 and casts and molds used to melt the gold were recovered. It has been revealed that these bracelets were made by melting the stolen gold. Canada’s Peel Regional Police is investigating the case under the name of Project 24 Carat.
9 suspects in the case
According to the report, 9 suspects have been named in the case so far. One of the accused is Parampal Sidhu, who was working for Air Canada at the time of the robbery. One of the accused is Durante King-McLean, who is the driver of the truck in which the stolen goods were transported. The two accused are Arsalan Chaudhary and Archit Grover, who were traveling on the same flight, who helped Simran carry out the robbery. Archit Grover is currently out on bail.
Another suspect is Amit Jalota, who was arrested for possession of stolen goods, while Parampal Sidhu is accused of conspiring to commit the theft along with Simran. Archit Grover is an old friend of Parampal and had hired truck driver King-McLean. Archit Grover was the owner of the tracking company whose truck was used to transport the stolen goods.
Amit Jalota is the cousin of Archit Grover and a friend of Arsalan Chaudhary, who was looking after the stolen gold. Jalota helped in melting the gold through Ali Raza. Ammad Chaudhary, Prasad Paramalingam, and Arsalan Chaudhary helped King McLean cross the border and helped him stay in the United States for a long time.
Prasad Paramalingam, Ali Raza and Ammad Choudhary have been taken into police custody. In September 2023, troopers in Pennsylvania stopped a vehicle and found 65 weapons. The man driving the vehicle has been identified as Durante King-McLean, who turned out to be a robbery suspect and was taken into custody.
Gill Bikram Singh