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RSS FeedsCandlelight vigil to be held tonight in Mississauga for 11-year-old Riya Rajkumar
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

16 february 2019 21:00:33

 
Candlelight vigil to be held tonight in Mississauga for 11-year-old Riya Rajkumar
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


A candlelight vigil will be held for 11-year-old Riya Rajkumar on Saturday evening in Mississauga. “There are so many people who have been hurting from this angel’s loss, and no one needs our prayer and love more than Riya’s family at this time,” wrote vigil organizer Amrita Naipaul, who says she’s a close friend of Riya’s mother, in an Instagram post.The vigil will be held at 6 p.m. at Meadowvale Village Green park at 985 Old Derry Rd., near McLaughlin Rd. and Hwy. 401. It’s close to Meadowvale Village Public School, where Riya was a Grade 5 student.Another vigil, organized by Regional Councillor Rowena Santos (Wards 1 and 5), will be held in Brampton’s Garden Square on Tuesday evening from 5:45 p.m until 7 p.m.A community program called Neighbourhood Watch Brampton has also started a fundraiser online to go toward Riya’s funeral costs. The original goal was $2,500, but by noon Saturday, it had already raised more than $15,000.Riya Rajkumar, who was celebrating her birthday Thursday, was the subject of a late-night Amber Alert, after her mother reported her missing when her father, 41-year-old Roopesh Rajkumar, didn’t return her. The girl did not live with her father on a full-time basis, police said.Riya’s mother told police that Rajkumar made comments indicating he could cause harm to himself and his daughter.Officers forced their way into her father’s home in Brampton on Hansen Rd. N., near Marshall Dr. around 11 p.m. Thursday, and found her body.After an Amber Alert was activated, Rajkumar was arrested by Orillia OPP shortly after midnight, almost 130 km away. He was taken to a hospital and then a trauma centre, suffering from an undisclosed medical issue, police said.Police have charged Rajkumar with first-degree murder. He’s not expected to appear in court over the weekend. But his case will be “looked at” by a judge on Tuesday, regardless of his medical condition.Br ...


 
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