The arrest of 50-year-old Kalwinder Dosanjh, a serving officer of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), was announced by the force’s Chief Steve Rai on Friday. Toronto: A veteran Indo-Canadian police officer has denied the charges levelled against him by his own service.
Rai said that Dosanjh had been suspended from VPD with immediate effect.
“I deny the allegations against me and I look forward to defending myself fully in court. He was described as Dosanjh’s business partner. The fraud was linked to three development projects and the non-profit.
VPD told media at a press conference in Vancouver on Friday that there were at least 19 victims linked to the charged filed against Dosanjh. Also arrested and charged was Sarabjit Singh Gill, 51, from Surrey, also in British Columbia. Police were first informed of the alleged criminal activity in December 2025, which led to the investigation, undertaken in associated with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
I have complete confidence in my legal counsel and in the Canadian justice system, and I will allow the evidence and the facts to speak for themselves,” he said. “That raises legitimate concerns about investigative independence, objectivity and the safeguards used when a police department investigates one of its own members, particularly in a case the department itself has framed as a matter of public trust,” Narwal noted. On Tuesday, Dosanjh rejected the allegations in a statement issued through his lawyer.
He also raised concerns about the decision to have VPD investigate one of its own long-serving members rather than refer the matter to an outside police agency.
His lawyer Joven Narwal said the case now moves into an independent judicial process where the evidence and the integrity of the investigation can be tested.
