After learning about her son’s death, Gurvinder Nath’s mother took her own life. Both were cremated last Saturday in their village in Punjab according to Indian media reports.
The 24-year-old Indian student who lived in Brampton and worked as a food delivery driver was lured to to Britannia-Creditview Road area of Mississauga early on July 9 and sustained life threatening injuries in a violent carjacking Peel police said. He succumbed to his injuries a few days later on July 14 at a trauma centre.
His mother, Narinder Kaur, killed herself in Punjab after learning of the news, according to tribuneindia.com.
“His mother Narinder Kaur was reportedly not informed about his demise ever since. As she got to know about it today ahead of the arrival of his body late this evening, she could not bear the shocking news,” tribuneindia reported last Friday. “She died by suicide by consuming some poisonous substance even before seeing her son’s body.”
Peel police have identified a suspect vehicle — a 2012 to 2017 white Hyundai Accent sedan, which has a distinctive flashing blue light at the top of the windshield.
In a CCTV footage, a male described as wearing dark clothing is seen exiting the vehicle, the police said, adding that there is no known connection between Nath and his attackers.
Phil King of Peel Regional Police’s Homicide Bureau said the Loyalist College student’s vehicle was found abandoned in the area of Old Creditview and Old Derry roads, less than five kilometres from the crime scene.
The vehicle has been forensically examined and “several” pieces of evidence have been retrieved, King said.
He said that at this moment police are unsure if a weapon was used in the attack.
