Simran Khattra’s Body Found And Despite Family’s Suspicions After Her Phone Was Turned In Recently, Police Said No Foul Play!

An Indo-Canadian family’s desperate search for their young daughter has ended tragically with police finding the body of 19-year-old Simran Khattra Tuesday. Police said Khattra, who was reported missing on April 28 has sadly been located deceased. And while the family had raised suspicions recently after Khattra’s phone was turned in by someone from near the Pattullo bridge area, police said the cause of her death is not considered suspicious.  “The Surrey RCMP offers its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased,” RCMP said in a brief news release Tuesday. “Police do not believe that criminality was involved in the woman's death.”

By R. Paul Dhillon – Editor DESIBUZZCanada

SURREY – An Indo-Canadian family’s desperate search for their young daughter has ended tragically with police finding the body of 19-year-old Simran Khattra Tuesday

Police said Khattra, who was reported missing on April 28 has sadly been located deceased. 

And while the family had raised suspicions recently after Khattra’s phone was turned in by someone from near the Pattullo bridge area, police said the cause of her death is not considered suspicious. 

“The Surrey RCMP offers its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased,” RCMP said in a brief news release Tuesday. “Police do not believe that criminality was involved in the woman's death.”

Khattra was last seen boarding a bus near 88 Avenue and 132 Street on the evening of April 27, while wearing a black hoodie and grey sweatpants.

Khattra’s father Varinder Khattra told CTV News last week someone turned her cellphone in after seeing a missing person poster days later.

"My question is, how can he know this phone is Simran's?" Varinder said. "The phone screen, her picture is not on it."

The worried father said Surrey RCMP subsequently questioned two men, but that the family has received few updates since.

Police did not confirm or deny Varinder's account of the phone being turned in and police questioning two people but they were clear on Tuesday that they don’t think Simran Khattra’s death was a homicide.

"As the investigation is ongoing and information continues to evolve, the Surrey RCMP is unable to confirm any of the information being shared by the family," police said in their statement.

"Investigations take time and can involve many other components and finding Simran remains a high priority for us here."

"As concrete information is able to be shared we will do so," Mounties added.

Simran’s family had said at the time that they are extremely worried about her, as she requires medication every 12 hours to prevent seizures – and they have not been satisfied with the RCMP’s handling of her missing person file.

“I don’t know what they are doing for 20 days,” Varinder said. “She doesn’t have medicine.”

The family reported Simran missing on April 27 – the same evening she was last seen – after friends and relatives realized she was not answering calls or texts.

According to the father, the man who eventually turned over the phone told RCMP he found it on the Pattullo Bridge.

Varinder said last week he does not believe his daughter would have jumped off the bridge – she had been taking online courses, he said, and hoped to pursue a career in law enforcement.

The family has not commented after police said Tuesday that Simran’s body was found and there is no criminality involved in her death.