Three men have been sentenced for the 2022 murder of gangster Vishal Walia. Iqbal Kang received 17 years for conspiracy, Deandre Baptiste life without parole for 17 years for second-degree murder, and Balraj Basra life without parole for 25 years for first-degree murder and arson. Justice Milman described the killing as an execution.
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