24-year-old Harmandeep Kaur working as security guard killed in Canada

Canada, March 2: The UBC Okanagan security guard who sustained life-threatening injuries after allegedly being assaulted at the university early Saturday morning and who later passed away at Kelowna General Hospital has been identified as 24-year-old Harmandeep Kaur.

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According to one media report she was also apparently attending Okanagan College and had only recently received her permanent resident card. According to media reports she was from Kapurthala in Punjab, India.

Kelowna RCMP said on the weekend that their initial investigation suggested a man working at the university assaulted a security guard. He was arrested under the Mental Health Act. They said they were working with the university to investigate the alleged assault and that there was no risk to the public.

Kelowna City Councillor Mohini Singh told the media that she wanted to know why Kaur was working the night shift alone. She also wanted to know that if the alleged assailant had a mental health issue, why was he allowed to work at the university where there are so many young students.

The councillor said Kaur’s parents are arriving from India later this week.

Paramjit Singh Patara, Vice President of the Okanagan Sikh Temple, told the media that the Sikh community is trying to see how best they could support Kaur’s parents.

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Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UBC Okanagan, said in a letter to the campus community: “We are devastated that something like this would happen on our campus. My heart and my thoughts, and those of everyone at UBCO, go to the family.

-PTC News