JUSTICE: Pakistan asks Interpol to help nab alleged killer of former Fraser Valley woman

Canadian woman Rajvindar Gill, 41, has been missing since August after travelling to Lahore, Pakistan. Her family, who lives in B.C., has been frantically searching for her, lobbying police and government to help find her. Recently, a suspect confessed in Pakistani court to killing her. (Photo submitted by Gill family)

ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan have contacted Interpol to arrest a suspect who escaped to Germany after killing a Sikh woman from the Metro Vancouver area, a court was told.

The Lahore High Court Monday heard that Rajvindar Kaur Gill, daughter of Sikandar Singh Gill, arrived in Lahore Aug. 25, 2012, to attend a diamond exhibition. Since then her whereabouts are unknown, the Dawn reported Tuesday.

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A Lahore police official earlier said that Gill was murdered and one of the accused, Hafiz Shahzad, confessed to the crime. He said the killers later threw Gill’s body in a canal on Sheikhupura Road.

A police official told the court Monday that a laptop belonging to Gill had been recovered from one of the accused involved in the murder.

He said Gill’s family identified the laptop which was sent to laboratory for data recovery.

The officer said Interpol has been contacted for the arrest of prime suspect Shahid Ghazanfar, who escaped to Germany after allegedly killing the woman.

The petitioner’s counsel asked the court to freeze the bank accounts of Gill in Switzerland and Canada.

– IANS