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{{Infobox criminal
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Ranjit Singh Cheema
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image = RanjitSinghCheemaImage.jpg
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| birth_name = Ranjit Singh Cheema
| birth_date =
| death_date = 2 May 2012
| death_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| death_cause = Targeted drive-by shooting
| nationality = Canadian
| citizenship = Canadian
| known_for = [[Illegal drug trade|Drug trader]], [[cocaine trafficking]]
| children = 1 daughter<ref name=":1"/>
}}
'''Ranjit Singh Cheema''' was a [[Vancouver]]-based Canadian [[gangster]] and [[Illegal drug trade|drug trader]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vancouversun.com/life/hundreds+attend+funeral+gangster+ranjit+cheema+amid+strong+police+monitoring/6612682/story.html |title=Hundreds attend funeral of gangster Ranjit Cheema amid strong police monitoring |last=BOLAN |first=KIM |website=www.vancouversun.com |publisher=[[Vancouver Sun]] |location=Vancouver, Canada |access-date=2019-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025230019/http://www.vancouversun.com/life/hundreds+attend+funeral+gangster+ranjit+cheema+amid+strong+police+monitoring/6612682/story.html |archive-date=2018-10-25 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cheema-s-history-1.1690367 |title=Cheema's history |date=2 May 2012 |website=CBC News |publisher=[[CBC.ca]] |location=Canada }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/241011/vancouver-gangster-ranj-cheema-survived-assassination-attempts-hard-prison-time-before-murder/ |title=Vancouver gangster Ranj Cheema survived assassination attempts, hard prison time before murder: Globalnews.ca |date=2012-05-03 |website=globalnews.ca |publisher=[[Global News]] |location=Canada |access-date=2019-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109151457/http://globalnews.ca/news/241011/vancouver-gangster-ranj-cheema-survived-assassination-attempts-hard-prison-time-before-murder/ |archive-date=2015-11-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-liberal-regrets-supporting-trafficker-1.323585 |title=Dhaliwal says he made a mistake: CTV News |website=bc.ctvnews.ca |publisher=[[CTV News]] |location=Canada |access-date=2019-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108114519/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-liberal-regrets-supporting-trafficker-1.323585 |archive-date=2018-11-08 |url-status=live |date=2008-09-11 }}</ref> He was involved in organized crime for over two-decades in Vancouver and also in [[cocaine trafficking]].<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://torontosun.com/2012/05/02/bc-gangster-gunned-down-in-drive-by-hit/wcm/6609c94c-f289-4900-b212-03e2ddd7a0b6 |title=B.C. gangster gunned down in drive-by hit: Toronto Sun |last=Sun |first=Toronto |last2=News |date=2012-05-03 |publisher=[[Toronto Sun]] |location=Toronto, Canada |access-date=2019-08-02 |last3=Canada |last4=Email |first4=Share B. C. gangster gunned down in drive-by hit Tumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedIn |last5=Tumblr |last6=Pinterest |last7=Plus |first7=Google |last8=Reddit |last9=LinkedIn}}</ref>

==Death==
He was killed on 2 May 2012 in a targeted drive-by shooting,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.calgaryherald.com/gallery+scenes+from+gang+ranjit+cheema+east+vancouver/6558509/story.html |title=Gallery: Scenes from a gang hit on Ranjit Cheema in East Vancouver |last=Cheema |first=Sukhminder Singh |website=www.calgaryherald.com |publisher=[[Calgary Herald]] |location=Calgary, Alberta, Canada |access-date=2019-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214191301/http://www.calgaryherald.com/gallery+scenes+from+gang+ranjit+cheema+east+vancouver/6558509/story.html |archive-date=2018-12-14 |url-status=live}}</ref> just three months after being released from prison for the attempted sale of 200 kilograms of heroin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vancouver gangster shot dead outside parents' home {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-gangster-shot-dead-outside-parents-home-1.1259663#:~:text=Cheema%20was%20released%20three%20months,of%20200%20kilograms%20of%20heroin.&text=Cheema%20was%20an%20associate%20of,and%20Robbie%20Kandola%20in%202002. |website=CBC |accessdate=16 November 2020 |date=May 2, 2012}}</ref> According to Crime Journalist Kim Bolan and her police sources, "Since returning from a California prison three months ago, longtime Vancouver gangster Ranjit Singh Cheema had been trying to muscle his way back into the lucrative B.C. drug trade before he was gunned down Wednesday. In the process, Cheema disrespected some of his former underlings who have moved up in the business since the 43-year-old went to jail. Some close to Cheema, as well as police sources, believe recent disputes with old associates could have led to the gangland execution of the former south slope crime boss in front of his parents’ house on East 61st Avenue. "He was trying to step into his old role," one friend said. "He didn't realize that things have changed."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vancouversun.com/news/gangs/vancouver-drive-by-shooting-victim-is-high-profile-gangster-ranjit-cheema|title=Vancouver drive-by shooting victim is high-profile gangster Ranjit Cheema {{!}} Vancouver Sun|last=May 2|first=Kim Bolan Updated|last2=2014|date=2012-05-02|language=en|access-date=2020-01-06}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Indo-Canadian organized crime]]
* [[List of unsolved murders (21st century)|List of unsolved murders]]

==References==
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[[Category:2010s murders in Canada]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:2012 murders in North America]]
[[Category:Canadian gangsters]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Indian gangsters]]
[[Category:Male murder victims]]
[[Category:Murdered Canadian gangsters]]
[[Category:Murdered Indian gangsters]]
[[Category:People from Vancouver]]
[[Category:People murdered in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Unsolved murders in Canada]]
[[Category:People murdered by Canadian organized crime]]
[[Category:Canadian people convicted of drug offences]]

Ranjit Cheema - Revision history

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