The macabre discovery of the charred remains of Manjit Panghali, who was four months pregnant, have evoked memories of the horrendous August 4, 1993 Pizza King crime in which Surrey RCMP found what they believe to be the charred remains of Bikker Singh Sangha, 64, in the oven of the restaurant that used to be located at 12012-88th Avenue in Newton.
When I did a follow-up of the story some years ago, an RCMP spokesperson told me that police knew who had committed the murder and that the file was still open. They just needed some piece of evidence to wrap up the case. Apparently they still haven't been able to get their hands on it.
Sangha's relatives claimed he had left for India, but his relatives there said he never arrived there.
The idea behind burning a body is obviously to try and get rid of evidence.
A few years ago, Four Four Entertainment even produced a movie loosely based on the crime - "Jinnah: On Crime - Pizza 911." It was aired on CBC.
Some Indo-Canadians from Punjab told me that burning bodies is one way
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