A Scarborough man described as a central figure in the GTA’s tow truck turf wars has been charged with conspiring to murder an industry rival who was out on bail in connection with alleged tow truck-linked murder plots.
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Toronto police confirmed to the Star that Manoharan (Mano) Subramaniam, 43, was arrested Saturday and charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder.
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Scarborough resident Bryan Fedrol, 41, and Vathsuthan Gobalakirishnan, a 43-year-old from Whitchurch-Stouffville, were charged alongside Subramaniam.
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Court documents obtained by the Star allege that the three men conspired on Oct. 15 to murder the operator of Certified Collision Repair Centre in Vaughan, Farhad (Frank) Zoghi-Lahmi, and another man Jehan Subramaniyan.
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The charges appear to mark the latest allegations in the city’s long-standing “tow truck turf wars,” tied to dozens of suspected arsons, shootings and extortion attempts across the GTA in recent years.
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Sources within Toronto police and the provincial Crown Attorney’s office tell the Star Subramaniam plays a central role in the industry, and that companies operating off his autobody lot, located on Birchmount Road in Scarborough, have long been embroiled in conflict with another Durham-based faction, referring to itself as “the Union,” which investigators accused of using violence to gain control of the industry.
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‘The Union’
Zoghi-Lahmi was implicated in that conflict last June, when he was charged in a months-long wiretap investigation targeting the “upper echelon” of organized crime figures within the so-called Union.
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He was one of seven individuals accused in a series of murder plots targeting businesses east of Toronto, at least one of which was linked to Subramaniam.
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In total, police arrested 20 people and laid 111 charges.
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As previously reported by the Star, the Union’s alleged murder plots, foiled by police on March 8, 2025, capped off a weekend of heightened tensions and violence involving the two groups.
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Industry insiders say violence carried out over the March 7 weekend can be traced back to
The day prior, 20-year-old Nilakshi Raguthas, the sister of a tow-truck driver known to operate off of Subramaniam’s lot, was fatally shot in her family’s home in Markham.
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Two men face murder charges in connection with her death.
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That same day, one of the worst mass shootings in the city’s history was carried out at Piper Arms Pub in Scarborough, owned by the uncle of an alleged member of the Union.
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A total of 12 people were injured and three men were later charged in connection to the shooting.
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Police said they believed the men were hired to carry out the act.
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Investigators have repeatedly declined to confirm a connection between the three incidents.
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Subramaniam attacked in 2020
Zoghi-Lahmi was on a release from jail in connection with his 2025 charges when police say Subramaniam plotted his death last week.
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The conspiracy charges aren’t the first allegations levied against Subramaniam in connection with the so-called tow truck wars.
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In December 2023, Durham police charged Subramaniam with threatening and attempting to extort another alleged Union member, Jencikumar Joseph.
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The charges were dropped weeks later.
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In 2020, Subramaniam was seriously injured after he was shot in the driveway of his Pickering home in what police described as a “targeted attack.”
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Six years later, the case remains unsolved.
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Lawyers for Subramaniam declined to comment when reached by the Star.
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All three accused are scheduled to appear in court later this week.
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