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FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect

Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, added to the FBI's most-wanted list.

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Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most-wanted list. Singh was charged in July for ordering the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. (FBI.gov)

What this story says

  • The FBI is offering a US$1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar.
  • Satinderjeet Singh is accused of orchestrating the June 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.
  • Singh has been added to the FBI's most-wanted fugitive list.
  • The Canadian government designated the Bishnoi enterprise as a terrorist entity in September 2025.

Who covered it

Left 52%(43)Centre 27%(23)Right 21%(17)

Percentages are shares of the 83 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 43 of the 126 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

20/100

126 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 17 of the 83 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

The FBI has placed Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, on its most-wanted fugitive list and is offering a reward of US$1 million for information leading to his arrest. Singh is accused of orchestrating the June 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia. Patrick Grandy, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, stated that Singh is considered extremely violent and a public enemy.

U.S. prosecutors charged Brar in July in connection with Nijjar's killing. Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, was shot and killed in the car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara. The Canadian government designated the Bishnoi enterprise, an organisation linked to Brar, as a terrorist entity in September 2025. Brar is described as the North American leader of this enterprise and is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Disagreement on charges

While CBC News reports that U.S. prosecutors charged Brar in July in the killing of Nijjar, CTV News states that Brar was charged back in July for the 2023 assassination. The Globe & Mail reports that Indian gangster Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, was named in a U.S. federal indictment in July.

What the coverage left out

No right-rated reports mentioned the FBI's offer of a US$1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, nor his addition to the FBI's most-wanted list.

Coverage settled. We checked this 42 times and stopped on 4 Oct 2026, 08:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How other outlets pictured it

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

43 rated outlets

  • Sixteen left-rated reports led with the FBI adding Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, to its most-wanted list in connection with the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. These reports stated the FBI is offering a US$1 million reward for information leading to his arrest. They also noted that Singh is accused of orchestrating the June 2023 assassination of Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia. The Canadian government's designation of the Bishnoi enterprise as a terrorist entity in September 2025 was mentioned in some reports. Patrick Grandy, FBI assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles Field Office, was quoted as saying Singh is considered extremely violent and armed and dangerous.

Centre

23 rated outlets

  • Ten centre-rated reports focused on the FBI and RCMP offering a US$1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar, in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. These reports highlighted that Singh has been charged for the 2023 assassination and added to the FBI's list of 10 most wanted fugitives. The Canadian government's designation of the Bishnoi enterprise as a terrorist entity in September 2025 was also noted. Patrick Grandy, assistant director in charge with the FBI in Los Angeles, was cited as stating Singh should be considered armed and dangerous.

Right

17 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the right coverage of this story. The right-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect?
Of the 83 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 52% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 21% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 126. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 83 rated outlets on this story, 52% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 21% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect biased?
FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect is one event reported by 126 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered FBI offers $1 million for information on Nijjar assassination suspect?
126 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who is Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar?
Satinderjeet Singh, known as Goldy Brar, is a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang accused of orchestrating the June 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He has been added to the FBI's most-wanted fugitive list and is considered extremely violent.
What is the FBI offering for information on Goldy Brar?
The FBI is offering a reward of US$1 million for information that leads to the arrest of Satinderjeet Singh, also known as Goldy Brar. He is wanted in connection with the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
What is the Bishnoi enterprise?
The Bishnoi enterprise is a criminal organisation linked to Goldy Brar. The Canadian government designated it as a terrorist entity in September 2025, citing its involvement in intimidation and targeting of diaspora communities. Brar is described as its North American leader.

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