A “mysterious” fire that started at the house of an Indian couple in Canada’s Ontario province claimed the lives of the couple’s teenage daughter and themselves.
The remains were fully burned and identified yesterday, according to the police, who stated that the crime happened on March 7. Rajiv Warikoo, 51, his wife Shilpa Kotha, 47, and their 16-year-old daughter Mahek Warikoo have been named as the victims. In their house on Big Sky Way and Van Kirk Drive area of Brampton, they were discovered dead.
According to the news agency PTI, the investigators were notified by one of the family’s neighbours, but they were unable to determine the exact number of deaths until they arrived at the scene. As to the reports from the local media, the police considered the fire to be “suspicious” since they were still unable to determine the cause of it. “At this time, we are investigating this with our homicide bureau, and we are deeming this as suspicious as the Ontario Fire Marshal has deemed that this fire was not accidental,” Constable Taryn Young stated to CTV news.
