Pubdate: Mon, 12 Jan 2004
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2004 The Province
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Steve Berry
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/ravinder+dosanjh

VICTORIA OFFICER HAS PROPERTY INTERESTS

A suspended Victoria police officer linked to a 20-month drug probe
and the Dec. 28 raid on the legislature is part owner of a development
company.

Ravinder Dosanjh, 37, who was suspended with pay Dec. 15, also owns a
number of properties in the Victoria area.

Dosanjh, a 13-year veteran of the force, is director of Dosam
Developments Ltd., which lists its address as 4487 Densmore Ave. in
Victoria. Corrections officer Jarnail Samra is co-director of the business.

Dosanjh owns the Densmore property, with its two-storey home worth
$261,000, according to the B.C. Assessment Authority.

He is also listed as owner of 2163 West Weiler Ave. in North Saanich
assessed at $310,000. Mandeep S. Sandhu, a courier, is listed as an
additional owner.

Dosanjh is listed as an additional owner of a single-family home at
1289 Walnut St. in Victoria, assessed at $167,900. Samra, a worker
with the Children's and Family Ministry, is listed as the owner.

Victoria Police Chief Paul Battershill has said there is an "indirect
relationship" between Dosanjh and one of two ministerial assistants
whose offices were raided at the legislature.

Dosanjh, he said, is being investigated on allegations of obstruction
of justice and breach of trust.

The raid on the legislature involves the commercial crime section of
the RCMP, Battershill said.

According to media reports, the police investigation into the drugs
aspect of the story has involved a suspected influential Victoria drug
trafficker related to Dosanjh.

Meanwhile, Samra also has his name on a number of other properties,
according to public documents. He is listed as:

- - Owner of 1975 Grandview Dr. in Victoria, assessed at
$303,600.

- - Owner of 1190 Burnside Rd. West in Victoria, assessed at
$329,000.

- - Co-owner with Dosanjh of two Victoria strata properties, which were
bought on Dec. 9, 2003. They are not yet listed in the assessment rolls.
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