A 32-year-old man has been arrested nearly seven months after his Indian-origin partner was found murdered in Toronto, Canada.
What Happened
Her partner, Abdul Ghafoori, who is also from Toronto, was subsequently wanted by police on a charge of first-degree murder. Following preliminary inquiries, police classified the death as a homicide. As the investigation continued, they established that Ghafoori and Khurana had been in an intimate partner relationship.
Himanshi Khurana, 30, was discovered dead at a residence in Toronto on December 20, in what police have described as an act of intimate partner violence. Toronto Police reported receiving information at approximately 10:41 pm about a woman missing from the Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West area and immediately began a search. Her body was discovered inside a residence in the same locality the following morning at around 6:30 am.
He was arrested on Friday at a Toronto airport, according to a police statement released on Saturday.
People Involved
Officers from Toronto’s fugitive squad and homicide unit worked with national and international law-enforcement agencies to return him to Canada, the statement noted, without disclosing the country from which he had been brought back. The Consulate General of India in Toronto expressed deep shock at Himanshi Khurana’s death and stated that it was extending every possible assistance to her family.
