21-yr-old Jalandhar girl murdered in Canada

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 24

A 21-year-old girl from Jalandhar, who had gone to Canada on a study visa, was murdered in Surrey on November 21.

The girl’s family received intimation of her death from the Canada police on Sunday morning.

The victim, Prabhleen Kaur, a native of Chitti village near Lambra in Jalandhar, had gone to Canada for studies in 2016 and was supposed to return in January next year.

The news has sent shockwaves across her village and her parents are yet to come to terms with the news.

Gurdial Singh Matharu, the victim’s father, who is a photojournalist based in Jalandhar, said, “I received a call from the Canada police this morning saying that my daughter had been murdered. They didn’t tell me anything else. My daughter had completed her studies and she was working at a cosmetic warehouse. She was on a full-time job. Her mother visited her there and returned just three months ago. We are in shock right now.”

Prabhleen had gone to Canada on November 14, 2016. While the victim had been putting up at a rented accommodation, her father said she took a separate room when her mother came. However, many locals, Indians and Chinese were putting up in the same complex.

Gurdial said her family was shocked by the news as she had no enmity with anyone and was coming back in a couple of months.

The girl’s father said the Canada police informed him that the probe into the case would take at least a week, only after which the real cause of her murder would be clear.

The family said they had not decided yet whether they would be going to Canada or wait for further news.

Prabhleen previously visited India in 2017 only to return back to Canada. She is survived by her parents and a younger brother.

Was to return in Jan

Victim Prabhleen Kaur of Chitti village in Jalandhar had completed her studies and was working at a cosmetic warehouse. She was supposed to return in January next year.