- Steven Vikash Chand
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. [ [http://www.yayacanada.com/toronto_torstar_chand_military.html Toronto Star - Toronto "terrorist" Chand was a convert to Islam and had a military background ] ]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.cite news
last =Teotonio
first =Isabel
title = Homegrown terror case goes to trial
publisher = The Toronto Star
date =2007-09-24
url =http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/260004
accessdate = 2007-09-24 ]He is one of the suspects that police informant
Mubin Shaikh has publicly stated should not have been arrested, [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] and that "the guy is not what they're making him out to be, not at all".
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