TORONTO Police have announced that Abdul Ghafoori, 32, of Toronto, wanted in the homicide of Himanshi Khurana, 30, was located and arrested on August 7.
Police said: “Members of the Toronto Police Fugitive Squad and Homicide and Missing Persons Unit liaised with national and international policing partners to facilitate the accused’s return to Canada.”
Toronto Police said that they responded to a call for a missing person in the Strachan Avenue and Wellington Street West area last year on December 19 at approximately 10:41 p.m.
On December 20 at approximately 6:30 a.m., officers located the missing female deceased inside a residence. The death was classified as a homicide. Police said the victim and suspect were known to each other.
The suspect was identified Ghafoori and he was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for first-degree murder.
The Indian Consulate General in Toronto said in a post on X last year: “We are deeply saddened and shocked by the murder of Ms. Himanshi Khurana, a young Indian national, in Toronto. We extend our deepest condolences to her bereaved family during this moment of profound grief. The Consulate has been in close touch with the matter over the past few days, and all possible assistance is being extended to the family in close coordination with local authorities.”
