Shots fired at Brampton home of radio and TV host

September 14 , 2021

Physical attack, Physical attack in 2021

Gunshots were fired at the Brampton, Ont. home of Joginder Bassi, host of the radio and TV show Gaunda Punjab.

Peel Police are seeking witnesses/footage an incident in which shots were fired at a house near Sunny Meadow Blvd/Bovaird Dr, Brampton on Sept 14. While police haven't specified; in the same area on Tuesday, shots were reportedly fired at broadcaster Joginder Singh Bassi's house. pic.twitter.com/pbnF4HKdFm
— Prabhjot Sohal (@PrabSohalTweets) September 16, 2021

A free media free of intimidation & violence is the cornerstone of any functioning democracy.

Our home is no place for violence. I strongly condemn the gun violence that took place at the home of Joginder Bassi.

Please contact @PeelPolice if you have any information. https://t.co/0hwAfwUiGq
— Patrick Brown (@patrickbrownont) September 15, 2021

A video posted on Twitter shows bullet holes in the windows of a car parked in a driveway at the scene. No one was injured in the shooting, according to Peel Regional Police.

BREAKING | Peel Police are investigating gun shots directed at the house of well known Canadian Punjabi media personality Joginder Bassi last night. pic.twitter.com/EAV2DZnhTH
— Baaz (@BaazNewsOrg) September 15, 2021

In a second violent attack on a Brampton-based media worker, three men attacked radio host Deepak Punj outside his studio in Brampton, Ont. on Feb. 23, 2022, days after Punj had denounced anti-India protesters.

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