New Delhi:
A 32-year-old man has been arrested about seven months after his Indian-origin accomplice was discovered murdered in Canada’s Toronto.
Himanshi Khurana, 30, was discovered useless at a residence in Toronto on December 20, with police calling it an “act of intimate accomplice violence”.
Her accomplice, Abdul Ghafoori, additionally from Toronto, was then needed by the police on the cost of first-degree homicide.
He was arrested on Friday at a Toronto airport, the police stated in an announcement on Saturday.
Officers with Toronto’s fugitive squad and murder unit coordinated with nationwide and worldwide police providers to carry him again to Canada, the assertion added, with out specifying the nation he had been in.
The Evening Himanshi Khurana Was Murdered
Himanshi Khurana was discovered useless on the night time of December 19, in what was Toronto’s fortieth murder case of 2025.
Toronto Police stated they acquired details about a lady lacking from the Strachan Avenue and Wellington Avenue West space at round 10:41 pm and launched a search operation. They discovered her physique inside a home in the identical space the subsequent day at round 6:30 am.
After preliminary investigation, the police declared it a murder.
Because the investigation progressed, the police discovered that Ghafoori and Khurana have been in an “intimate accomplice relationship”.
They issued a national warrant for his arrest and in addition launched his {photograph}, interesting to the individuals to supply details about him.
What India Had Stated
The Consulate Basic of India in Toronto had expressed shock over Himanshi Khurana’s loss of life and stated it was offering all potential assist to her household.
“We’re deeply saddened and shocked by the homicide of Himanshi Khurana, a younger Indian nationwide, in Toronto. We lengthen our deepest condolences to her bereaved household throughout this second of profound grief,” it had stated in a publish on X.
We’re deeply saddened and shocked by the homicide of Ms. Himanshi Khurana, a younger Indian nationwide, in Toronto. We lengthen our deepest condolences to her bereaved household throughout this second of profound grief. The Consulate has been in shut contact with the matter over the previous few…
— IndiainToronto (@IndiainToronto) December 23, 2025
“The Consulate has been in shut contact with the matter over the previous few days, and all potential help is being prolonged to the household in shut coordination with native authorities,” it stated.
