Indian authorities have started the process to extradite two Canadians to face charges after a family of four froze to death in southern Manitoba while trying to cross into the United States, a police officer says.
Chaitanya Mandlik, deputy commissioner of police for Ahmedabad’s crime branch in the state of Gujarat, said authorities want Vancouver residents Fenil Patel and Bitta Singh, who also goes by Bittu Paji, to face charges in India.
“We need to interview them and we need to get some more information,” he told The Canadian Press.
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said Wednesday that extradition requests are “confidential
