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The Brothers Keepers is an organized crime group based in British Columbia, Canada that is engaged in organized crime across the nation.

Origins
The Brothers Keepers were founded by Gavinder Singh Grewal; with most of the gangs membership and leadership formerly made up of former Red Scorpions. Grewal took the gang's name from a line uttered by Wesley Snipes’ gangster character in the 1991 movie New Jack City.

Conflicts with other groups
___ came into conflict. __ allied themselves with the Independent Soldiers and the Hells Angels Hardside Chapter, located in Surrey.

Founding member Harpreet Singh Majhu and Orosman Jr. Garcia-Arevalo of the Kang Crime Family were hired by Iranian drug lord Naji Sharifi Zindashti to take out Iranian-born Turkish drug lord Cetin Koç in Dubai. On May 4, 2016 Majhu and Garcia-Arevalo ambushed Koç as he was sitting in a vehicle in downtown Dubai. Koç was shot nine times with two silenced pistols and was killed instantly. Majhu and Garcia-Areval then boarded a flight out of Dubai, departing before they were named suspects by the Dubai Police Force. Both men were murdered shortly after the assassination. On May 11, 2016, Garcia-Arevalo was dead in an blueberry field outside of Abbotsford. On June 10, 2016, Majhu was found dead in a burned out vehicle just outside of Agassiz, British Columbia.

Founder Gavinder Singh Grewal was found dead in his North Vancouver penthouse by his brother Manbir on December 22, 2017. The murder remains unsolved.

The Brothers Keepers later came into conflict with the Red Scorpions and Kang Crime Family.

In April 2019 Daniel Grewal, the cousin of founder Gavin Grewal was shot in the leg in North Surrey. This resulted in a car chase that ended with police arresting five suspects. Since the arrests, four of the five men have since been murdered; Austin Grewal (April 26, 2019), Iqubal Grewal (September 16, 2020), Julian Moya Cardenas (January 7, 2022) and Kevin Allaraj along with his associate Jeevan Saepan (June 4, 2022).

"Founded by Gavinder Singh Grewal and most of the gangs members and leadership formerly made up the Red Scorpions leadership, but split off to its own group and allegedly targeted remaining Red Scorpions members across British Columbia cities beginning in Spring 2016 and heating up in Fall 2017.[26][27] This organization is active mainly in Metro Vancouver but is believed to have made inroads into all across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario and the American states of Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and Montana.[28] [29]

Matthew Navas-Rivas was on the annual BK boat cruise just days before he was shot to death on July 25, 2018. He and his crew of Troy McKinnon and Cody Sleigh had recently been a part of the Wolfpack Alliance which removed the Red Scorpion gang from it side and aligned itself with the Brothers Keepers.[31] Independent Soldiers members Troy McKinnon and Cody Sleigh were also found gunned down on January 15, 2018 and July 21, 2020, respectively and Red Scorpion/Kang group members would be charged.[32] On February 1, 2019 a former associate of Manny Buttar, Bicky Khakh was gunned down in Surrey. He was with fellow friend and gang associate Harb Dhaliwal when the two were shot at in Richmond on December 21, 2018.[33]

Suminder Grewal of the Hells Angels Hardside Chapter was gunned down at a Starbucks on August 2, 2019.[35] He along with Hardside Prospect Gurpreet Dhaliwal of Mission are the alleged connections between the Hardside Chapter and the Brothers Keepers. High ranking Keepers members; Ty Quesnelle, Harb Dhaliwal and Barinder Dhaliwal were photographed attending the funeral of Suminder Grewal.[36]

Anees Mohammed, a former associate of Jujhar Khun-Khun and the Dhak Group turned Wolfpack members and Brothers keepers associate was gunned down in Richmond on January 7, 2021. This was suspected retaliation for the Gary Kang murder just one day prior.[37]

Harb Singh Dhaliwal was gunned down outside Cardero's Restaurant on April 17, 2021 in a brazen shooting.[38] His brother Meninder, chased the assailant and stabbed him in the eye.[39]

Brothers Jaskeert Singh and Gurkeert Singh Kalkat were murdered only nine days apart in mid May 2021.[40][41] Jaskeert was a prime suspect in the murder of high profile and long-time United Nations gangster Karman Singh Grewal at YVR on Mother's Day.

Juvraj Jabal fell victim to an alleged revenge-hit on February 8 2022 and succumbed to his injuries on the 10th.[42] It was suspected retaliation from the Jimi Sandhu murder one week prior in Thailand.

On July 25, 2022 Meninder Dhaliwal and friend Satindera Singh Gill were gunned down outside a busy hotel in the Whistler Ski Village of B.C. Meninder along with his brother Barinder were put on a list along with four others as gangsters who pose a risk to themselves and to the public. He was the second main suspect along with Jaskeert Kalkat as the men who murdered Karman Grewal. Meninder's alleged killers were apprehended by RCMP within a couple hours. One of them Gursimran Sahota had close ties to Karman.[43]

Both Sahota and Tanvir Khak are alleged UN members.[44] On September 12, 2022 Sameh Ali Mohammed was gunned down in Brampton, Ontario. He was the older brother of higher-profile BK member Naseem "Lil' Man" Mohammed. The OPP and RCMP believe this to be a retaliation hit for the murder of UN member Arman Dhillon in August."