Deaths in Canada: Missing Gujarat family match those discovered frozen to death
People in the village who comprehended the family said they flew to Canada on visitor visas last Monday, their first trip abroad.
A day after it was disclosed that four people died in Canada while allegedly attempting to cross the border not liggal into the US. Dingucha Kalol Tehsil in Gandhinagar district has become a tourist destination in the region.
On Saturday, police arrived in the village and allegedly summoned a man whose family members had recently traveled to Canada and are now missing.
Police or relatives said the descriptions of the missing Dingucha family members. A 39-year-old man, his 37-year-old wife, their 17-year-old daughter. And their four-year-old son match those of four people found frozen to death in the Canadian area of Manitoba on Wednesday.
Mathurji Thakor, the village sarpanch, said the police had asked him if he knew the family’s travel plans.
“On Saturday night, a team from the Nardipur police outpost arrived at my house to inquire about the family from our village. They asked if I knew any of the family’s close relatives. “The panchayat does not keep records of people who travel abroad,” Thakor explained.
People in the village who comprehended the family said they flew to Canada on visitor visas last Monday. This was their first trip abroad. They hadn’t spoken to their relatives since Wednesday. The same day the four bodies were discovered near Emerson town in Canada’s Manitoba province. Near the country’s border with the United States. The family was among 11 Gujaratis who allegedly attempted to enter the United States from Canada.
“As per our records, the family went to Canada on visitor visas. So there is no ground for investigation unless the MEA informs us,” said KK Desai. Police inspector at Kalol Taluka police station. However, a team did visit the village on Saturday. And discovered a family of five there, four of whom had gone to Canada. Leaving the sexagenarian grandfather behind.
“Several Dingucha friends who now live in the United States and Canada contacted me. Asking if I knew the identity of the deceased family. Families in communities like Patidar, Darbar, and Thakor are close-knit and part of the same clan, which means everyone here is distantly related,” Vakil explained.
