Three of a family, including an Indian-origin couple and their teenage daughter died in a suspicious house fire in Ontario, Canada.
An Indian-origin couple and their teenage daughter were killed after a fire broke out at their home in Canada’s Ontario province. The incident happened on March 7 but was reported on Friday, after the remains were identified as those of the family of three.
The family resided at the Big Sky Way and Van Kirk Drive area of Brampton.
According to news agency PTI, investigators said they could not ascertain the number of people killed, soon after they reached the spot after they were alerted by one of the neighbours of the family.
However, as the blaze was put out, they located what was believed to be human remains.
The family was identified as 51-year-old Rajiv Warikoo, his wife, 47-year-old Shilpa Kotha, and their 16-year-old daughter, Mahek Warikoo.
Local media reports said the police were not yet able to ascertain the reason behind the fire and deemed it ‘suspicious’.
“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,” a report quoted a police official as saying.