Riya Rajkumar

• Peel Regional Police to launch intimate partner violence unit in March

  "It's just one piece of an entire program that we're developing right now with the objective of [wanting] to save lives."

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  Feb 17, 2021
  
• Mother of 11-year-old girl murdered after 2019 Amber Alert recalls tragic night

  Priya Ramdin said she still struggles to believe her daughter is dead and has many questions about the night she last saw her only child alive.

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  Feb 14, 2021
  
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• Mississauga tower being lit purple to mark anniversary of 11-year-old Riya Rajkumar’s murder

  During the late evening of Feb. 14, 2019, Peel Regional Police officers found Riya Rajkumar's body inside her father's Brampton home after an Ontario-wide Amber Alert was issued.

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  Feb 14, 2020
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• Niagara police share complaint recording made to 911 during Tuesday’s Amber Alert

  Niagara police say local 911 call centre operators fielded at least 10 Amber Alert complaint calls on Tuesday morning.

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  May 16, 2019
• Peel police detail complaints made to 911 about Amber Alert for 11-year-old girl who was murdered

  Riya Rajkumar's father was arrested because a resident spotted the vehicle based on a description issued as part of the Amber Alert.

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  Mar 22, 2019
• Brampton father accused of killing 11-year-old daughter dies in hospital

  The news comes on the same day family, friends and community members attended a funeral in Etobicoke for Riya Rajkumar.

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  Feb 20, 2019
• Funeral service held in Toronto for Riya Rajkumar

  Friends and family will gather to remember Riya Rajkumar at the Lotus Funeral and Cremation Centre at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

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  Feb 20, 2019
• Riya Rajkumar remembered at candlelight vigil in Brampton

  Riya Rajkumar's funeral service will take place at Lotus Funeral and Cremation Centre in Etobicoke at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

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  Feb 19, 2019
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• Ontario father charged with daughter’s murder recovering from self-inflicted gunshot wound

  Roopesh Rajkumar was apprehended by the Ontario Provincial Police in a high-risk takedown on a highway near Orillia, Ont., after his daughter, Riya Rajkumar was found dead inside the basement of his home in Brampton.

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  Feb 17, 2019
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• Complaints about Ontario Amber Alert are petty and selfish

  Amber Alerts are intended for specific situations where sufficient evidence exists to believe a child has been abducted and is in potentially mortal danger. These are not casually deployed.

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  Feb 16, 2019