Friend Charged In The Murder Of An Indo-Canadian Man From Ontario

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Dashminder Deol charged with manslaughter and offering indignity to human remains in the death of Harmanjit Singh, who went missing on Oct. 27.

HAMILTON – An Indo-Canadian man who Hamilton police describe as a friend of victim Harmanjit Singh has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the 19-year-old’s death.

Dashminder Deol, 37, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter and offering an indignity to human remains, reported CBC News.

Singh’s body was found floating in a flood basin in Stoney Creek in late November.

Det. Sgt. Joe Stewart of the homicide unit would not reveal how Singh died, saying that it would come out in the court system. “But I do not believe there was an intent to kill Singh in this incident,” he said.

Singh disappeared on Oct. 27 after spending time at a friend’s home on the east Mountain the night before. Police subsequently searched the home as part of the investigation.

According to the Hamilton Spectator, Deol lived in the home. Stewart would not confirm that police had searched Deol’s home, only saying officers had searched “various places as well as a vehicle.”

He also said that Singh and Deol were “friends for some time.” Doel was also known to police prior to this incident, Stewart said, but he would not elaborate on any charges he might be facing.

The indignity to a human body charge, Stewart said, stems from the way Singh’s remains “were disposed of.” Singh’s body lay in a water basin for weeks, decaying so much that his own family couldn’t even recognize him.

“That’s very indignant for a human being,” Stewart said.

Singh was a recent Mohawk College graduate. Most of his family lives in India. His father and several other family members flew in to help locate him after friends reported him missing late last year.

Family members had viewed the body after an autopsy, but didn’t think it was Singh, who went missing in October. Police announced it was in fact his body in December.

Courtesy CBC News