Bodies Of Indians Dead At US-Canada Border Won't Be Brought Back: Relatives
NDTV
Last rites of the four members of the Patel family of Gujarat, who froze to death near the US-Canada border, will be conducted in Canada itself, said a relative.
The bodies of four members of a family from Gujarat's Gandhinagar district who died of the extreme cold near the Canada-US border would not be brought back to India, their relatives said on Friday.
The Canadian authorities, who suspected it to be a case of "human smuggling", identified the dead persons as Jagdish Patel (39), his wife Vaishaliben (37), daughter Vihangi (11) and son Dharmik (3).
"It is now confirmed that the family belonged to Dingucha village in Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar. The Indian embassy in Canada is in touch with their family members here for the next course of action," said Additional Director General of Police (CID-Crime) Anil Pratham.
Following the confirmation of identity, relatives and some local women gathered at the Patel family's ancestral house at Dingucha to mourn the deaths on Friday.
