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A Vancouver police officer facing fraud charges involving 19 victims is forbidden from contacting them, his co-accused and another dozen individuals, according to a court document listing his bail conditions.
The release record also lists the 23 conditions Kal Dosanjh agreed to before being released after his arrest on Thursday in Surrey.
The 26-year veteran of the Vancouver force has been charged with one count of fraud over $5,000 and one count of theft over $5,000 for his participation in each of three proposed housing developments.
His co-accused is Sarabjit Gill on those six counts. The charges relate to alleged financing offences between January 2017 and either 2023 or 2024, depending on the investment deal.
Dosanjh alone also faces one count of fraud over $5,000 and one of theft over $5,000 in relation to the Kids Play Foundation, a charity he co-founded in 2015, for alleged offences between Dec. 8, 2017, and July 25, 2025.
The ninth charge is for breach of trust during the same time frame, Dec. 8, 2017, to July 25, 2025, as for the Kids Play charges.
Vancouver police spokesman Const. Darren Wong wasn’t able to provide further details on Monday.
The 23 conditions Dosanjh is subject to include him having to report regularly to a bail supervisor at a Burnaby RCMP detachment, agree not to leave B.C. without permission from the bail supervisor and surrender his passport and other travel documents.
Condition No. 5 forbids Dosanjh, the CEO of the Kids Play Foundation, from contacting, directly or indirectly, more than two dozen individuals listed.
Those include the 19 investors Chief Const. Steve Rai called victims at a news conference, plus the spouses of five of those investors, for a total of 24.
One of those named, a Langley real estate agent, said when contacted Monday: “Since the case is before the courts, I don’t want to comment right now” to a series of questions about his investment.
His wife, identified as a construction property manager on social media, was also listed as an investor.
Another individual listed is the owner of a small business based in Delta. He was named in a posting about a year ago on the Kids Play website, where he was called a longtime community partner.
Messages left on his voicemail and through email weren’t immediately returned.
Included under the no-contact condition in addition to the 24 investors were two witnesses and five “other investigated parties.”
The VPD didn’t respond before deadline with information about any charges they face.
Dosanjh is also forbidden to contact “anyone who is known to you to have invested” in any of the three housing developments, referred to as Azura, Queen’s Park and Sahara.
He is also banned from contacting or communicating with the Vancouver Police or any employee, except in the human resources department, Sarabjit Gill and the Kids Play Foundation, or attending VPD facilities or the charity’s building, according to the release order.
Each condition is headed with: “You must not go to any place where the following people live, work, attend school, worship or happen to be. If you see them, you must leave their presence immediately without any words or gestures.”
Dosanjh is also forbidden from possessing any weapons, including guns, ammunition, or a firearms licence.
He was also to surrender any VPD items he possessed, including equipment, firearms, uniform, insignia, access cards and identification.
He was suspended on Thursday with pay, pending the outcome of the charges or trial.
A number of conditions also forbid Dosanjh from possessing anyone else’s financial information, including bank cards, and from receiving any funds, goods or benefits in the name of Kids Play. And he is banned from attending or hosting any fundraising gatherings.
Dosanjh’s lawyer, Aman Oberoi of Alliance Lawyers, responded to a number of questions with an emailed statement: “Our client is innocent of all allegations and charges. The legal process will reveal all details.”
The reply echoes Dosanjh’s response to lawsuits filed by a number of individuals over the past three years alleging improprieties in real estate dealings on a Mission development, calling them false and malicious.
His next appearance in Vancouver provincial court is scheduled for next week.