AHMEDABAD, 3 April, 2023: Four Indians who were recently found dead on the US-Canada border are from a village in Gujarat. The Indian Express has today reported that have been identified to be from a village in Mehsana district of Gujarat. They were among the six people who had dies allegedly crossing the Canada-US border.
The Indian Express reports, ” Mehsana Superintendent of Police Achal Tyagi said, “After the news and photos of family members surfaced on social media, the family of the four victims from Manekpur village of Mehsana district identified them. We talked to the family on Sunday morning. We have not yet got any intimation from the Canadian authorities.
Tyagi further informed that the four — Praveen Chaudhary (50), his wife Diksha Chaudhary (45), and their children, Vidhi Chaudhary (23), and Mit Chaudhary (20) — had gone on a trip to Canada two months ago. “The family of the victims told us that they had been in touch with them, and would talk over the phone every 2-3 days. It was just for the last one week they were not in contact with the victims. And then they heard the news about their deaths,” said Tyagi.
The family had reached Canada on February 2. “We are yet to ascertain whether they went to Canada for a trip or something else, and how did they end up like that,” added Tyagi.”
It adds: ” According to the reports, they tried to enter the United States from Canada by boat across the St Lawrence River. According to the local papers, they allegedly tried to enter the US illegally.
These deaths are similar to the death of a family of four, including an infant, from Dingucha village in Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar district in Gujarat in January 2022, who froze to death in Canada while allegedly attempting to cross over illegally to the US. The victims were Jagdish Patel (39), Vishali Patel, (37), their 17-year-old daughter and four-year-old son.”
