Police say one of the victims had arranged a real estate deal and had been given a deposit, allegedly paid by Rankirat Singh.

But the property owner decided against the lease deal and the victim arranged a meeting to return the deposit just after midnight, said police. Price said police are not revealing where that meeting had been scheduled to take place.

The victim took two friends with him, but when they arrived, they saw several men with what appeared to be sticks and bats, said police.

They tried to escape in their pickup truck, but they were surrounded and beaten at a red light at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Steeles Avenue.

Police raided a Brampton house June 21 and seized two vehicles they say were involved in the attack, and several “sticks and a baton,” said a news release.

“The investigation continues and detectives are working diligently to find all those responsible for the vicious attack,” police said in a release Thursday evening, Sept. 6. “Police continue to encourage those involved to contact a lawyer or detectives and arrange for their safe surrender.”

Anyone with information is asked to call the Halton Regional Police Service One District criminal investigations bureau at 905-825-4747 ext. 2422.

-with files from Pam Douglas