Steven Vikash Chand

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Steven Vikash Chand is one of 17 people arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He and his conspirators are alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario.

Chand was 25 years old, and working at a shawarma restaurant, at the time of his arrest.

Chand enrolleed in the Royal Regiment of Canada reservist corps in June 2000. Two years later he renounced his Hindu faith and declared himself to have adopted Islam. In April 2004, he left the military reserves.^[1]

Police originally said that he had adopted the alias Abdul Shakur, which later turned out to be the name his apartment was rented under.

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2006 Toronto terrorism case

Accused: Steven Chand · Shareef Abdelhaleem · Qayyum Jamal · Yasim Mohamed · Jahmaal James · Mohammed Dirie · Fahim Ahmad · Asad Ansari · Ahmad Ghany‡ · Zakaria Amara · Amin Durrani · Saad Khalid · five young offenders whose names have not been released‡‡‡°.

Suspected colleagues: Syed Ahmed · Ehsanul Sadequee

Later arrests: Ibrahim Aboud‡

Defence Attorneys: Michael Block · Anser Farooq · Rocco Galati · David Kolinsky · Donald McLeod · Arif Raza · Michael A. Moon · Gary Batasar · Faisal Mirza

CSIS Informant: Mubin Shaikh

_{‡ denotes a suspect was released on bail · ° denotes a suspect had all relevant charges dropped}