Suspected killer of Indian student Kartik Vasudev arrested in Canada: Police

Toronto: A 39-year-old man, who is believed to have shot and killed 21-year-old Indian student Kartik Vasudev in Canada, has been arrested, informed the Toronto Police on Tuesday. Kartik Vasudev, who hailed from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, moved to Canada in January to pursue higher education, according to his family. Kartik was shot on Thursday evening at the Glen Road entrance to Sherbourne TTC station in St James Town. He was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. “Kartik was just outside the Sherbourne subway station last Thursday when he was approached by a stranger…Unprovoked, this man shot Kartik multiple times, killing him,” Toronto Police Service chief James Ramer told reporters. The police identified the suspect as Richard Jonathan Edwin, who was charged with another homicide last Saturday. Edwin’s second victim was Elijah Eleazar Mahepath (35), who was walking westbound on the north side of Dundas Street East near George Street, police said. Ramer told reporters that the suspect behind both the homicides was in police custody and described the incidents as “random attacks”. Detective Sergeant Terry Browne of the Homicide Department, Toronto Police, said Kartik was shot “multiple times” and he was in a “defenceless position” the whole time. On the motive, Browne said, “The suspect that we are referring to for both shootings, has no criminal background. We are doing a very deep dive to find out his criminal background, to find out who this person is, where he has been and who he has been associating with. “With regard to the two victims, there is nothing to suggest that he knew either of them and more importantly what we believe at this stage anyways is what we do describe as random, a chance meeting, a chance passing and the reason only known to the suspect,” he added. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.