Indian-Origin man from Punjab Shot Dead in Canada

An Indian-origin man hailing from Punjab’s Ludhiana was shot dead in Canada’s Surrey on Friday.

The victim was identified as Yuvraj Goyal (28). He reached Canada in 2019 on a student visa. Recently, he had received his Canadian Permanent Resident (PR) status.

Yuvraj served as a sales executive in Canada. His father, Rajesh Goyal is into the firewood business. Yuvraj was known to have no criminal record. Canadian police are investigating the motive for his murder.

The incident took place on June 7 at 8:46 am. The police have taken four suspects under custody. The suspects, Manvir Basram (23), Sahib Basra (20), and Harkirat Jhutty (23) of Surrey, and Keilon Francois (20) of Ontario, were charged with first-degree murder on Saturday.