Edmonton, Canada.: Damanpreet Kaur, a resident of Samrala, was allegedly strangled to death by her live-in partner in Canada.The accused, also an Indian national from Delhi, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in what Canadian police have described as an intimate partner homicide.
Damanpreet Kaur has been identified as a resident of Samrala in Punjab’s Ludhiana district. According to the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), officers responded to a residence in the Silverberry neighbourhood on July 9 after receiving reports of an unresponsive woman with suspicious injuries. She was taken to hospital in critical condition, where she succumbed to her injuries on July 12.
The accused, 22-year-old Ritish Kumar, originally from Delhi, was arrested on July 22 and charged with second-degree murder. In a statement, the Edmonton Police Service said officers from the Southeast Branch responded to a call at around 6:44 pm on July 9 regarding an unresponsive woman with suspicious injuries at a residence in the Silverberry neighbourhood. An adult male was taken into custody shortly thereafter. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) treated the 23-year-old woman at the scene before transporting her to hospital with life-threatening injuries. She died on July 12. The Edmonton Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy on July 14 and determined that Damanpreet Kaur had died as a result of homicide. Police said the cause of death, initially withheld for investigative reasons, was strangulation.