Ottawa/Chandigarh: A Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader’s 21-year-old daughter, who went missing three days ago in Canada’s Ottawa has been found dead, according to authorities. The Indian High Commission in Ottawa has confirmed the death of Vanshika Saini, the daughter of AAP leader Davinder Saini from Punjab’s Mohali district. She had gone to Canada two years ago to pursue higher studies after completing her senior secondary in Dera Bassi.
“We are deeply saddened to be informed of the student’s death,” the High Commission said.
In Punjab, her family urged the Centre for assistance in bringing back her body.
Vanshika went missing last Friday after leaving her residence at 7 Majestic Drive in Ottawa around 8-9 pm to view a rental room, according to a social media post by an Indo-Canadian association linked by the High Commission.
According to the post, her phone was switched off at approximately 11.40 pm that night and she missed an important exam the next day, which it said was “completely out of character” for the student.
Vanshika’s father said she had always been a topper in her school and wanted to do something big in her life.
Davinder said he did not know what happened to her, adding that the family was told that the cause of death could be known only after a postmortem examination.
