Indian Family Of 4 Freeze To Death Near US-Canada Border

Saturday, 22 January 2022Newsdesk

In a heartbreaking tragedy, a family of four Indians, including a baby, has died from exposure to extreme cold weather on the Canadian side of the border with the US in an apparent human smuggling operation.

New Delhi, 22 January 2022

As per news report of NDTV,Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Thursday said that the bodies of four people - two adults, a teen and an infant - were found on the Canadian side of the U.S./Canada border near Emerson on Wednesday.Confirming the nationality of the four people who died, India's High Commissioner to Canada Ajay Bisaria described the incident as a grave tragedy."This is a grave tragedy. An Indian consular team is travelling today from @IndiainToronto to Manitoba to coordinate and help. We will work with Canadian authorities to investigate these disturbing events," Bisaria tweeted.RCMP Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy shared the discovery with reporters in a news conference on Thursday.

Source - NDTV