Tragic: Indian teen dies 2 days after landing in Toronto, body lying in morgue.

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Meeshika Sharma
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A 19-year-old youth from Jalandhar, Sahaj Juneja who had landed in Toronto on Monday to fulfil his dream of studying in Canada to lead a better life, died two days later in mysterious circumstances.publive-image

His family, living in Green Model Town here, said Sahaj Juneja had taken admission in Lambton College in Mississauga, Ontario, and he reached there on Monday, Dec 18.

Juneja’s father Inderjit Singh said, “After sleeping on Tuesday night, he did not wake up from his bed on Wednesday morning and doctors declared him dead."

Juneja’s body is lying in a morgue in Toronto for the past two days as the family says they do not have resources to bring his body back home.

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Inderjit has urged external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to intervene in the matter so that the ministry bears the expenses of bringing his son’s body back to India.

Inderjit shared, “I had already spent over Rs 12 lakh for sending my only son to Canada after borrowing from relatives and taking a loan. I run a small shop and my financial condition is not so good that I can afford to bring my son’s body back."

He said he had written a letter to Swaraj on Thursday when they got to know about his son’s death. “But so far, we haven’t received any response from the ministry.”

“If no help comes from there, I have only one option left and that is to sell my house to arrange money for bringing my son’s body home."

Juneja had completed Class 12  from Delhi Public School in Jalandhar and was a brilliant student, said his brother-in-law Prabhjeet Singh.

Anu Juneja, the deceased’s mother said, it was his dream to live a “comfortable life” abroad.

“Sahaj was very happy as his dream was coming true. We even went to the Golden Temple to seek the blessings of Waheguru two days before his departure. We couldn’t even imagine that we will never see him again.”

College plaza Brampton ਕਨੇਡਾ, a FB page had set up Go Fund me to to help Sahaj Juneja's parents in receiving his body.The page shows $2,321 raised as donation.

https://www.gofundme.com/donation-for-sahaj-juneja039s-parentspublive-image

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