OTTAWA: An Indian-origin couple and their teenage daughter had been killed in a “suspicious” fireplace which tore by their dwelling final week in Canada’s Ontario province, police mentioned on Friday.
A fireplace engulfed a house on the Large Sky Manner and Van Kirk Drive space of Brampton on March 7, a press launch by the Peel Police mentioned.
After the blaze was put out, investigators positioned what was believed to be human stays throughout the gutted home, however the variety of folks killed could not be ascertained on the time.
The charred stays had been on Friday recognized as these of three relations: 51-year-old Rajiv Warikoo; his spouse, 47-year-old Shilpa Kotha; and their 16-year-old daughter, Mahek Warikoo.
Police mentioned that they resided on the tackle earlier than the hearth.
Peel police Constable Taryn Younger on Friday mentioned the hearth had been deemed suspicious, the CTV information channel reported.
“Right now, we’re investigating this with our murder bureau, and we’re deeming this as suspicious because the Ontario Hearth Marshal has deemed that this hearth was not unintentional,” the report quoted Younger as saying.
“There’s not a lot left to it,” Younger mentioned when requested concerning the attainable reason for the hearth.