Group awaits solutions in dying of Halifax Walmart worker present in retailer oven

It’s been greater than per week for the reason that dying of 19-year outdated Halifax Walmart worker Gursimran Kaur, whose physique was found in an industrial oven within the retailer’s bakery.

As of Monday, the Walmart location stays closed, marked solely by warning tape. Her grieving household and group are left in the dead of night with no phrase on the circumstances surrounding the trigger.

“There’s solely three or 4 various things that would have occurred. They not solely should show one in every of them to be what occurred however to show three to not be what occurred,” mentioned Chris Lewis, CTV Information public security analyst and former commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police.

Kaur died Oct. 19, with what police referred to as a sudden dying.

In line with a fundraiser arrange by the Maritime Sikh Society, Kaur’s mom discovered her after an hour of in search of her across the retailer. The mom had been calling Kaur’s cellphone however the name was not going by.

The story has gone far past Canada’s borders, making worldwide headlines. Some individuals have been looking for solutions on social media and making their very own assumptions.

“It actually places strain police to say one thing,” defined Lewis. “For them to say it’s an accident and have the fees for homicide laid out will have an effect on any courtroom proceedings sooner or later,”

For his or her half, Halifax Police are saying little or no. In an e mail it advised CTV Information the investigation is ongoing and it’s working with different companies to find out the trigger and method of the dying.

Nova Scotia’s Division of Labour declined an interview, stating the police investigation remains to be underway and the division can be in a greater place reply questions when the investigation is additional alongside.

The household is ready for solutions and the group believes Walmart hasn’t helped ease their ache.

“We’re disenchanted. What we had been anticipating Walmart to do, now (the) Maritime Sikh Society is doing all that,” mentioned Balbir Singh, Maritime Sikh Society secretary.

Singh mentioned the Sikh Society is protecting meals prices and offering skilled psychological well being assist. They’ve additionally utilized for an emergency visa to convey Gursimran’s father to Canada.

“Up so far Walmart’s strategy is informal and detached. That’s what I can see,” mentioned Singh.

CTV Information has made a number of requests to Walmart following the corporate’s preliminary response to Kaur’s dying, together with reaching out to president and CEO Gonazalo Gebara about whether or not the corporate can be offering any assist the Kaur’s mom. Nonetheless, the inquiries had been directed again to the PR division and no response has been given but.

CTV Information additionally reached out Baxter MFG, the producer of typical ovens that Walmart makes use of, however haven’t heard again but.

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