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Manjit Phangali's burned body found
Surrey, October 27, 2006
Sant Parkash
On Oct. 26, Police confirmed the news
to Panghali's family that the burned body is that of
the missing teacher, pregnant Manjit Phangali. Manjot's
brother says police have confirmed from dental records
that it is Manjit's body
Police said the autopsy done on the body
found Monday morning at Deltaport Way near the Roberts
Bank container terminal showed it was that of the 30-year-old
missing woman. The body was found to have been disfigured
by fire. Surrey RCMP Cpl. Roger Morrow said the team
that has been on the case since Panghali was reported
missing by her husband Oct. 19 will work with Delta,
as will the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
Manjit Panghali's shattered family put
on a brave face and rallied around her little daughter
Maya. Panghali's brother Tur Basra said, "We want
to see how Maya is doing. We are in contact because
of Maya and she is our number one priority.We are mourning
the loss of a great, great person," he said. "We
are coping. It is still hard to talk."
Mukhtiar Panghali's younger brother Sukhvinder
was there, despite facing a criminal harassment charge
in connection with a former girlfriend he allegedly
threatened over a three-month period last summer and
h is lawyer made a brief appearance on the charge in
Richmond Provincial Court Thursday. Police investigators
have refused to comment on reports in The Sun this week
about the legal troubles facing Sukhvinder, who shared
a house with Panghali and her husband until a couple
of weeks before her murder. But Richmond RCMP has said
the case involving the 26-year-old aircraft mechanic
is so serious that his ex-girlfriend is in hiding fearing
for her life.
Investigators did not comment on the fact Mukhtiar
Panghali waited 26 hours before reporting his wife missing
to police.
According to police, forensic tests were
still being done on Panghali's Honda Civic, which was
found abandoned in Surrey's Green Timbers Park Monday
afternoon.
To discourage media from disturbing on
their grief, a sign hung on the front door says "only
immediate please."
There will be no additional information
available because investigation will take couple of
weeks
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