Police in India are looking for three men in connection with the death of a family from Gujarat who tried to travel to the United States by boat through Akwesasne, a Mohawk community located between Quebec, Ontario and the state of New York, in March.
The police department alleges the men were involved in running immigration businesses used by people to enter countries with false documents.
Four Indian nationals whose bodies were among eight recovered from the St. Lawrence River had come to Canada on tourist visas from their home state of Gujarat. They were the father, Praveen Chaudhari, 50; of the mother, Daksha, 45 years old; their daughter, Vidhi, 23; and their son, Meet, 20.
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The bodies of Praveen Chaudhari, 50; the mother of the family, Daksha, 45 years old; their daughter, Vidhi, 23; and their son, Meet, 20, were fished out of the St. Lawrence River
Achal Tyagi, superintendent of police in Mehsana town, Gujarat, said authorities had issued a wanted notice for three men: Nikulsinh Vihol, Sachin Vihol and Arjunsinh Chavda.
They face criminal charges of culpable homicide not constituting murder, breach of trust, cheating and dishonest inducement to deliver property and conspiracy.
Mr Tyagi says a police complaint has been filed against the men and the case is still in the early stages of investigation. According to the complaint, translated by The Canadian Press, at least one of the men lived in Canada.
The other four people who died were members of a Toronto-area Romanian family fleeing after receiving an eviction order. They have been identified as Florin Iordache, his wife Cristina (Monalisa) Zenaida Iordache, and their Canadian-born children, two-year-old daughter Evelin and one-year-old son Elyen.