Indian student’s suspected killer arrested by Canadian police
Canadian police in Toronto have arrested a 39-year-old man as the suspected killer of an Indian student who was killed last week. The accused man, according to Toronto police officials, has been identified as Richard Jonathan Edwin who after killing the Indian student Kartik Vasudev had also carried out another murder.
Last week on Thursday, at around 5 pm Toronto Police Service had received multiple calls in relation to shooting at city’s Sherbourne Subway Station. When the officers responded and reached the location, 21 year old Kartik Vasudev was found outside station’s Glen Road entrance, with multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. A management student from Ghaziabad, Kartik at that time was on his way to work at a restaurant in Downtown area. Investigators have said that the accused had shot at victim multiple times with a handgun before he fled the scene.
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According to the police, suspect Edwin had shot another person on Saturday. At around 7 pm on Saturday, Edwin approached his second victim, 35 year old Elijah Eleazar Mahepath who was walking on Dundas Street East near George Street. Elijah too was shot multiple times by Edwin after which the accused fled the scene.
“These murders are believed to be random attacks and the victims were not known to the accused or each other. Investigators are working to establish the full motive behind the attacks and these remain active investigations,” the Toronto Police said in a statement.
Kartik Vasudev’s family is seeking tho”g. The man murdered two people in a span of two days. There has to be a motive or a target and it does not come across as random. I hope there is further investigation into the case and it is not dismissed at this point,” said Jitesh Vasudev, Kartik’s father.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has expressed his grief in a tweet, “Grieved by this tragic incident. Deepest condolences to the family.”
