Toronto [Canada], December 26 (ANI): Consulate Basic of India in Toronto on Thursday (native time) expressed anguish over the killing of an Indian scholar in a taking pictures incident close to the College of Toronto Scarborough Campus.
Issuing an announcement on X, the Consulate stated it’s offering essential help to the deceased’s household.
‘We specific deep anguish over the tragic dying of a younger Indian doctoral scholar, Mr Shivank Avasthi, in a deadly taking pictures incident close to the College of Toronto Scarborough Campus. The Consulate is in contact with the bereaved household throughout this tough time, and is extending all essential help in shut coordination with the native authorities,’ the Consulate Basic stated.
Earlier on Tuesday (native time), the Toronto Police stated Shivank Avasthi was gunned down within the Highland Creek Path and Previous Kingston Street space. The police rushed to the spot, discovering the sufferer with a gunshot wound earlier than he was pronounced lifeless on the scene, the Toronto Solar reported.
Police officers stated the suspects fled the scene earlier than police arrived. The campus was locked down throughout the probe.
Based on the Toronto Solar, this was Toronto’s forty first murder of the 12 months.
Earlier, Toronto Police stated a 30-year-old Indian-origin lady was discovered murdered within the metropolis and {that a} Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect who was recognized to the sufferer.
The deceased was recognized as Himanshi Khurana, a resident of Toronto. Police stated they’re trying to find Abdul Ghafoori (32), additionally of Toronto, in reference to the case. Based on CBC Information, investigators stated the incident seems to contain ‘intimate companion violence.’
On Wednesday, India’s Consulate in Toronto expressed deep shock and sorrow over the homicide of Himanshi Khurana. In a put up shared on X, the Consulate stated it was ‘deeply saddened and shocked by the homicide of. Himanshi Khurana, a younger Indian nationwide, in Toronto,’ and prolonged its ‘deepest condolences to her bereaved household throughout this second of profound grief.’
It has been in shut contact with the matter over the previous few days and added that each one doable help is being prolonged to the household in shut coordination with native authorities because the investigation continues. (ANI)
