An Indo-Canadian woman was stabbed to death by husband in a Canadian Tire store in Mississauga on Monday night. On Wednesday, police identified the victim as 22-year-old Chandanpreet Kaur. They added that Kaur was the wife of the suspect, 26-year-old Charanjeet Singh. Singh was charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife of three years.
By DESIBUZZCanada Staff
MISSISSAUGA – An Indo-Canadian woman was stabbed to death by husband in a Canadian Tire store in Mississauga on Monday night.
On Wednesday, police identified the victim as 22-year-old Chandanpreet Kaur. They added that Kaur was the wife of the suspect, 26-year-old Charanjeet Singh.
Singh was charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife of three years.
Officers were called to the store located in the area of Mavis Road and Britannia Road West, where they found Chandanpreet with stab wounds upon arrival.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. A male suspect was shortly taken into police custody and was later transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said the suspect was arrested at the scene and transported to a trauma centre where his injuries were determined to be non-life threatening. He later appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.
Police are appealing to anyone with information, surveillance video, and or dash cam footage, that may have captured the moments leading up to, during, or after the incident to contact investigators at 905-453-2121 extension 3205. People can also pass on information anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers.
