Indian student in Canada dies after assault

A 24-year-old Indian student, who worked as a food delivery partner in Canada, has been killed after he was violently assaulted during a deadly carjacking, according to media reports.

Gurvinder Nath was delivering pizza at around 2.10 am on July 9 in Mississauga's Britannia and Credit-view roads, when unknown suspects confronted him and tried to steal his vehicle, reports said.

"Investigators do believe that there are multiple suspects involved and that the food order was placed as a means of luring the driver to this specific area," said inspector Phil King of Peel Regional Police's Homicide Bureau.

He added that investigators have obtained an audio recording of the Pizza order placed before the attack.

After Nath arrived, he was ‘violently assaulted’ and left critically injured by a suspect who robbed him of his vehicle and fled the scene, police said.

Multiple witnesses came to his aid and called for help before Nath was rushed to a trauma centre where he was pronounced dead on July 14.

Siddhartha Nath, consul general of India in Toronto, said Nath's death is a ‘heartrending loss’ and he extended his condolences to family members, friends and the wider community.

He said the consulate general has contacted the family after his death.

Inspector King said despite the infancy of the investigation, police believe Nath was an innocent victim.

(PTI)