LEFT FOR DEAD: Surrey security guard beaten mercilessly by three men in Port Coquitlam

CHERYL CHAN
VANCOUVER DESI

Hoshiar Singh Bajwa, 65, in Royal Columbian Hospital with his wife Kapoor Kaur Bajwa Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 in New Westminster, B.C. Ian Lindsay/PNG

A 65-year-old Surrey security guard is in hospital with more than 100 stitches to his head after being brutally beaten by three men in an unprovoked attack.

It was Sunday, the early morning and pouring rain, when Hoshiar Singh Bajwa was patrolling a construction site at Pitt River Community Middle School on Tyner Street in Port Coquitlam.

“He was just doing his job,” said Bajwa’s son Baljeet at his father’s bedside at Royal Columbian Hospital on Sunday. “Now he’s in trauma. He’s saying he didn’t know they were going to attack him like that.”

It was around 3 a.m. when Bajwa saw a man jump the fence and went over to talk to him. The man said he needed help because he was being chased by two guys.

Bajwa didn’t see the two other men who jumped him from behind, until they grabbed him and started beating him with one of the many metal rods lying around the site.

Even when Bajwa fell to the ground helpless, his attackers continued the assault, beating him and kicking him about 50 to 70 times for what felt like 10 minutes, said Bajwa. All the blows were to his head. When they were done, the men fled and left Bajwa lying in a pool of blood.

Dazed and in pain, Bajwa managed to call 911 and his family.

When his daughter Rita Grewal arrived at the site, she couldn’t recognize her dad, who was covered in blood, soil, sand and mud.

“There was blood all over, down his eyes and all over his clothes,” said Rita Grewal. “I couldn’t even recognize him. The blood was too much. He couldn’t even speak.”

It took more than 100 stitches to close the wounds to Bajwa’s head. The stitches criss-cross his forehead, then trail down his face to his eye and along the side of his head.

Lying in hospital, Bajwa’s hair still had traces of blood, while his right eye was swollen shut. The beating was so severe doctors said he could lose vision in that eye, said Baljeet.

Grewal said her dad is “pretty strong,” and used to be in the military when he was a young man.

“He tried to save himself,” she said, but could not defend himself from an ambush from three much younger men who attacked from behind with no provocation.

Now Bajwa’s family is left wondering what the motive could be for the assault, whether it was an attempted robbery, a racially motivated attack or someone’s idea of a sick prank.

“It was a planned attack,” said Baljeet. “They were looking for a soft target.”

Bajwa has been with the company for about two years and was an “excellent employee” and “very polite,” he said: “It is really very bad. I can’t express my words. We can’t imagine who would do something like this.”Arvinder Tanesar, Bajwa’s supervisor at Canuck Security, said nothing was stolen from the site and there was no apparent vandalism.

Coquitlam RCMP said it is investigating.

Bajwa described the three men as Caucasian and in their mid-20s. One was about five foot eight, while the other two were about five foot five.

His family said they hope his attackers are brought to justice.

“They should be caught and punished,” said Rita Grewal. “I don’t know how they can look at themselves in the mirror when they see what they did.”

“It sickens me that such a senseless and cowardly attack happened for no apparent reason,” said Baldev Grewal, Bajwa’s nephew. “Hate crime or not, this cowardly attack on a senior is appalling.”

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Jeff says:

October 16, 2012 at 10:24 am

Can you someone please give me a valid reason why the security guard story is all over this website and there isn’t anything about Amanda Todd?

Other than difference in race, why isn’t the Amanda Todd a topic on this site?

South Asians not interested in victims of a different race?

Parhar says:

October 16, 2012 at 1:23 pm

Because this is a website designed by the Vancouver Province newspaper that is targeted specifically to South East Asian folks.

Now, please don’t tell me you ACTUALLY believe that news outlets report to make a difference in the world. Cause they don’t. They report things that people want to read about, because that brings in visitors to their medium (in this case, this website), which can be tracked in “hits”, and those hits can be substantiated as data to convince advertisers to advertise on this website. Advertisements pay money to the website owners, and that money helps to pay for things like, oh, I don’t know, salaries and such. And here’s the kicker, Sally…. salaries come in the form of MONEY. And as Homer’s brain once told him, “Money can be exchanged for goods and services”.

Few reporters genuinely care about the plight of the people they report on. So there’s your valid reason, boy.

julie says:

October 17, 2012 at 12:19 pm

jeff you are so embarrasing, are u a teenager? or real old & came from racist canada

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October 16, 2012 at 9:16 am

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ed says:

October 16, 2012 at 9:18 am

i posted this from the security company – that this guy worked for – notice the selection of security guard – 65 year old man at night – alone
must have fit in with the cheapest quote

manny says:

October 15, 2012 at 8:25 pm

wow onceagain white people show their respect for lederly, n how racist they are…. why not bring the death penalty back? stop these hicks from ruin our beautiful country

ed says:

October 16, 2012 at 9:12 am

white people – how racist was that comment- listen buddy – i dont condone this behaviour beit racially motivated , age motivated, drug related etc
but the fact is – there are just as many brown people beating up people and leaving them to die –
all should be treated witht he harshest penalty

Jeff says:

October 16, 2012 at 10:09 am

Brown people show their lack of respect for females almost every day of the week.

Killing your sister to protect the reputation of the family isn’t murder . . . and who is ruing the country!

jimmy says:

October 16, 2012 at 3:29 pm

comeon guys im white,and we make the news a hell of alot more, i work in jail cells. you barley come across thises sikhppl. i live in surrey their are alota good alot of bad, but race crimes have always come up every few months and its always our white kids… pedafiles are always white 90+% of the time, all these crimes, the dowtown east side, 90% of welfare recipients. the list goes on, you guys need a life i bet your moms are proud of the type of sons they raised with hate.

Mean Gene says:

October 15, 2012 at 6:19 pm

Okay this is a disgraceful act, I hope they catch the perpetrators and give them some jail time.

Kate Turner says:

October 15, 2012 at 3:41 pm

I have tears running down my face, for this poor man, How could cowardly thugs do this, because that’s what they are. It’s the lowest thing to hit a man from behind, .Sir I am so sorry for you ( a gentleman ) Whom I must say your pay is worthless for what you do, I hope they catch the ruthless men, and punish them severley, and that you get better soon . God Bless you, you are a worthy man and I will pray for you.

Manni says:

October 15, 2012 at 2:15 pm

peak of brutality…i don’t know why people are racial….no-one deserve to be treat on base of color …Shameful act by racial dogs

Jeff says:

October 15, 2012 at 1:02 pm

The gunman in the Fairmont stand-off was South Asian from Surrey.

In keeping with their raced-based reporting, I hope this website reports on this story despite the south asian not being the victim but rather the criminal!

greg says:

October 15, 2012 at 8:34 pm

hahaha hey jeff, terri ma di puddi. sala racist kuri chodeda shola. salia teri bund par dama gai

Jeff says:

October 16, 2012 at 10:10 am

can you speak English?

Jeff says:

October 15, 2012 at 10:36 am

I’m curious why this incident is on this website but the Amanda Todd story is not.

Is just because of the victim’s race that determines what is considered news on this webiste? Isn’t that racist in itself?

Ibitz says:

October 15, 2012 at 9:14 am

This is terrible. Let’s hope he recovers quickly.

mayven says:

October 15, 2012 at 8:31 am

The perpretrators ahould be locked up… and then the place should be torched.

Only pukes would beat another innocent person… Find them…!

Kaye Bev Bailey says:

October 15, 2012 at 8:23 am

I am sickened by the brutality of this act toward you. The men who did this, for what ever motive, are nothing but cowards and hope they are soon found and punished.
To you Mr. Bajwa, I send good wishes and prayers for your speedy recovery.

Jack says:

October 15, 2012 at 8:23 am

Why is a 65 year old man working as a SECURITY GUARD at 3am in the morning? I have seen people who fit that description work as security people before but by himself at 3 am doesn’t seem like a smart idea. The company who employs this person should be held accountable. I know if i had a business that needed security a person who should be retired would not be the one I want guarding my investment

Jeff says:

October 14, 2012 at 11:51 pm

This is just sick. Those three sick animals need to be put down like the scum they are. What a disgusting act of cowardice…there aren’t words to describe how sickening this is…