Police Appeal For Help In Plaza Murder
Posted February 10, 2011 5:22 pm.
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Homicide detectives are reaching out to the city’s South Asian community for help to solve a murder last week.
Around 9:15pm on Feb. 1, Jagtal Singh Kular, 55, was shot dead while working in the Mann Enterprises variety store at 2400 Finch Ave. W.
Police have been scanning security video from the area, but they also hope members of the North York Sikh Temple next door saw something that could help in the investigation.
“The temple draws significant vehicle and pedestrian traffic into the plaza,” homicide Det. Scott Purches said on Thursday.
“On the night of the incident there was significant traffic. That’s the night of the significant storm last week. It was just before the storm happened, so there were people out.”
Det. Purches also said they were working with the store owner, who had called 911 to report the shooting. The day after the shooting, officers seized a number of bags from the owner’s car. They said the man had been attacked with a knife last November, but they didn’t know if it was related to the murder.
Officers have not established a motive. They said they are considering robbery.
Kular, a married father of two, attended the North York Sikh Temple and would have known people there.
Anyone with information should call the Homicide Squad at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or Det. Const. Rajan Bhogal at 416-808-7400. He speaks Punjabi.
