Canada police rule out foul play after Indian employee's charred remains found in Walmart oven

'Gursimran Kaur was only 19 years old, a young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams. Imagine the horror that her mother experienced who herself opened the oven,' a family spokesperson wrote on a fundraiser page. (Image credit: GoFundMe)

A month after an Indian immigrant teen working with Walmart in Canada was found burned to death in one of the company's walk-in ovens, the police have ruled out any foul play in the "complex" case. Gursimran Kaur, 19, was cooked to death inside Walmart’s large walk-in bakery oven in Halifax and her charred remains were discovered by her mother, who also worked at the superstore, on October 19.

“The police investigation determined the death is not suspicious and there is no evidence of foul play,” the New York Post quoted the Halifax Police Department as saying. “Investigators met with family to share this update and extend condolences. Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time.”

Kaur and her mother had been working at the store for over two years and the incident matter came to light after the teen did not receive her mother's calls for over an hour. The mother, who is also an immigrant from India, initially thought that Kaur was probably helping customers in a different part of the vast store. But she became increasingly concerned after the teen stopped answering her phone.

Panicking, the mother began to look for her and opened the oven door--after another staff member noticed “leakage” coming from the area--to witness the traumatic scene.

“Gursimran Kaur was only 19 years old, a young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams. Imagine the horror that her mother experienced who herself opened the oven,” a family spokesperson wrote on a fundraiser page. "This family's sufferings are unimaginable and indescribable."

Kaur's father and brother are in India and a GoFundMe page was set up to collect money for the family so they could fly to Canada as soon as possible. As of Wednesday, more than Rs 1 crore was collected via crowdfunding.

Meanwhile, the Walmart store has been shut down for renovations, which includes removing all walk-in ovens.