"We wonder if he went to Canada just to kill her."
A week after arriving in Canada, a Punjabi husband allegedly stabbed his wife to death before video-calling his mother, telling her what happened and showing her the victim’s body.
According to the victim’s family, Balwinder Kaur was killed by her husband Jagpreet Singh, a resident of Ludhiana.
It is reported that he travelled to Canada shortly before carrying out the murder in Abbotsford on March 15, 2024.
The victim’s sister Rajwinder Kaur said:
“After stabbing my sister to death, Jagpreet made a video call to his mother back home in Ludhiana and said ‘I have put her to sleep forever’.”
She claimed Jagpreet was obsessed with going to Canada.
After Balwinder reached there, he was harassing her to arrange his travel as quickly as possible.
Rajwinder said the couple regularly argued about finances because Jagpreet was unemployed.
It was reported that Abbotsford police responded to reports of an assault in progress in a home along Wagner Drive on Friday, March 15, around 10:50 pm.
Officers found Balwinder inside the home with life-threatening stab wounds.
Despite efforts from medics, she died a short while later.
Jagpreet was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder.
Rajwinder explained that her sister and Jagpreet had been married since 2000. They had two children together – Harnoorpreet Kaur (22) and Gurnoor Singh (18).
In 2020, Harnoorpreet went to Canada on a study visa but she soon started experiencing health problems.
Rajwinder said: “Then my sister Balwinder went to Canada in 2022 to take care of her daughter.
“However, since the time she had reached there, her husband was constantly hectoring her to call him to Canada at the earliest.
“My sister was taking care of all expenses alone as Jagpreet had stopped working. Earlier, he used to work as a driver, but when my sister started sending him money, he stopped working.
“Balwinder was not only managing the expenses of her daughter’s medical treatment and education alone but also used to send money to Jagpreet.
“But even then, he was harassing her to call him to Canada.”
Before moving to Canada, Balwinder worked at a hospital in Ludhiana.
Rajwinder continued: “Now she was working at a store in Canada.
“She had also incurred some debt and borrowed money from her siblings to send her daughter to Canada.
“Even then, Jagpreet used to harass her and say that she alone would repay the debt and he won’t contribute.”
On the day of the stabbing, Rajwinder said Jagpreet video-called his mother, who was in Ludhiana. His son was also present.
“He turned the camera towards Balwinder who was lying unconscious, with blood all around.
“Seeing the blood, everyone on the other side, including his mother, Gurnoor, and other family members started screaming.
“They asked if Balwinder was alright. Then Jagpreet said, ‘I have put her to sleep forever’.”
“Later, Gurnoor informed everyone and said ‘Our father killed our mother’.”
According to Rajwinder, the Punjabi husband would also harass his father-in-law.
She explained: “He would badger our father to pressurise Balwinder to call him to Canada at the earliest.
“Yielding to his persistent pressure, Balwinder arranged for his visa and tickets despite her poor finances.
“We have no idea what happened that night and why he killed her even after reaching Canada. We wonder if he went to Canada just to kill her.
“We were not on talking terms with Jagpreet since he had started harassing my sister.
“We have lost our everything. We just want the strictest punishment for him now.”
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