Initial news reports suggested that the Indian gangland figure was a Canadian national. This came about after police in Phuket, early on Saturday morning, discovered 2 pieces of identification including a Canadian passport and driver’s licence in the names of third parties, both of Indian descent.

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/02/06/phuket-murder-international-gangland-hit-jimi-sandhu-canada-india/

James Morris reports from Phuket