Family of Surrey woman stabbed to death speaks out
Posted December 20, 2022 4:05 pm.
Last Updated December 20, 2022 4:09 pm.
We are now hearing from the family of Harpreet Kaur Gill, who was stabbed to death in Surrey earlier this month, after her loved ones arrived in Canada from India.
In an exclusive interview with OMNI Television Tuesday, Harpreet’s father, Jasbir Singh Bajwa, says he learned about his daughter’s death from his son.
“We never imagined. We were shocked. ‘What has happened to our daughter? She has been murdered? How? Why?’,” he recalled.
Harpreet Gill’s parents reached Canada from India to attend last rites of their beloved daughter, whose husband allegedly stabbed her to death in surrey home & now facing 2nd murder charges. An exclusive intv @OMNIpunjabi today, her parents speaks about her family violence pic.twitter.com/f9dUkeFjeH
— Prabhjot Kahlon (@PrabhjotKahlon) December 20, 2022
On Dec. 7, the 40-year-old woman was found in her home on 66 Avenue and 127 Street with multiple stab wounds. She later died on her way to the hospital.
On Dec. 16, the Surrey RCMP said that Gill’s husband, Navinder Gill, had been charged with second-degree murder.
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Bajwa says his daughter worked as a science teacher in India and Australia before getting married in 2011. He says his daughter and her husband moved with their small family to Canada in 2015.
When she arrived in B.C., Bajwa says Harpreet worked to get her teaching credentials, eventually getting a job in Maple Ridge.
“She was so busy, working five days a week as a teacher,” he recalled.
The victim’s father says the couple was happy when they first immigrated to Canada. However, Bajwa says things changed when Harpreet’s in-laws moved in, claiming her husband became more aggressive.
Bajwa says while he sensed there was unhappiness in his daughter’s family life, Harpreet remained positive.
“I have myself heard that she was not happy at all. In life, she was very charming. Very thankful … very positive towards life, motivational towards others, towards students,” he said.
As Navinder Gill awaits trial for a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Harpreet’s death, Bajwa is hoping for justice.
“I again pray to the Canadian police, which are one of the best police in the world, and in the Canadian law and the Canadian government that the culprit who killed my daughter mercilessly, must be punished to the highest degree, so it should be a great lesson to the others who dare to take such steps to diminish life. Nobody has the right to take the life of a human being,” he said.
Bajwa is also hoping to receive custody of his daughter’s three kids.
“I love my grandchildren very much. My wife … my son, we love them,” he said.
Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign has been set up to support Harpreet’s family with costs associated with travel and her funeral.
