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 enrolled 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.
As a result of preferred direct indictment by the Crown Attorney on 2007-09-24, Chand was re-arrested and charged with counseling to commit fraud over $5,000 for the benefit of a terrorist group.[2]
He is one of the suspects that police informant Mubin Shaikh has publicly stated should not have been arrested,[3] and that "the guy is not what they're making him out to be, not at all".[4]
Shaikh and Chand had known each other prior to the alleged plots.[4]
Chand is represented by Michael A. Moon [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Toronto Star - Toronto "terrorist" Chand was a convert to Islam and had a military background
- ^ Teotonio, Isabel. "Homegrown terror case goes to trial", The Toronto Star, 2007-09-24. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ Teotonio , Isabel. Toronto Star, "A tale of two trials; Why is it that Americans get to know so much more about important court cases?", Sept. 29, 2007
- ^ a b TheFacesBehind.net, Mubin Shaikh:CSIS Informant, Key Witness, April 2008
- ^ CTV, "Ontario terror suspect denied bail again, October 22 2007
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