A mother and Sikh community in Nova Scotia, Canada’s east coast, are grieving after the mother found her daughter “burnt to death” in a Walmart store oven on October 19, according to a fundraiser. .

Gursimran Kaur’s mother, 19, found the boy dead at night in a walk-in oven at the Halifax-based Walmart bakery where Gursimran and his mother had worked for the past two years. It was reported. GoFundMe campaign The Gurdwara Maritime Sikh Society (GMSS) acted on behalf of the family.

a statement A statement from Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) on Tuesday also said Gursimran’s body was found in the store’s bakery oven, but added: “The investigation has not yet reached the stage where the cause and manner of death can be determined.” No,” he added.

Fundraisers said Gursimran’s mother tried unsuccessfully to locate him in person and over the phone while the two were at work. People around Gursimran’s mother speculated that Gursimran may have been attending to customers in another part of the superstore, the paper said.

Gursimran then reported her daughter missing to the store’s management, the fundraiser said. Ultimately, Gursimran’s “charred body was discovered hours later in a walk-in oven at a bakery,” the fundraising organization reported. (Related article: 2 killed, police injured in Mississippi Walmart shooting)

“Imagine the horror experienced by a mother who opened the oven herself when someone pointed it out to her,” reads part of the fundraiser.

GMSS said it is working to secure travel for Gursimran’s father and brother from India to Halifax through fundraising efforts.

Speculation on social media about the incident and the identity of the victim appears to have prompted GMSS. Clarify through a statement He said the fundraiser was legal and approved by Gursimran’s family, with all funds going to the family.

This fundraiser has raised nearly three times its goal of CAD 50,000 as of this report. During the fundraising campaign, GMSS said that it initially continued the fundraising campaign even after reaching its goal, as more people volunteered to help, but was later able to temporarily suspend the campaign. He added that he has contacted GoFundMe to ask them to shut it down.

The multi-agency investigation led by Halifax Regional Police into Gursimran’s “sudden death” is complex and will take time, HRM said in a statement.

“We urge the public to be mindful of sharing speculative information on social media. Please be aware of the impact speculation may have on women’s families, colleagues and loved ones.” HRM said.