Police in India detain 6 in connection with deaths at Canadian border

Police in a western state in India have begun delving deeper into the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in Manitoba just short of the Canada-U.S. border.

Ashish Bhatia, director general of police in Gujarat, says investigators are trying to determine whether there was a travel agent in India who helped the group.

“It’s very clear that these people went to Canada and they were illegally trying to enter the U.S.A., so … we are looking into that,” Bhatia said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Indian police official A.K. Jhala told Reuters they have detained six people who were