Indian mother recounts horrific moment she found daughter charred to death in Walmart oven: ‘I couldn’t handle myself’
An Indian woman has opened up about the horrific moment she found her teenaged daughter charred to death inside a Walmart oven. Gursimran Kaur was a 19-year-old Walmart employee who died trapped in a walk-in oven at one of the supermarket chain’s outlets in Canada in 2024.Gursimran Kaur death: ‘No evidence of foul play’ in death of Indian teen found in Canada Walmart oven, police say (GoFundMe)Two years later, her mother Mandip Kaur is still searching for answers. The police have ruled out homicide, and Gursimran’s family says she did not die suicide.The Nova Scotia Walmart where the tragedy unfolded reopened three months after her death, minus the walk-in oven. Last month, Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration found there had been no workplace safety violations in relation to the death.Mother recalls haunting moment of discoveryMandip and Gursimran Kaur both worked at the Walmart in Halifax in eastern Canada. The mother daughter duo had migrated from India to Canada in 2022.Mandip Kaur said her panic began when she was unable to reach daughter on her phone during her shift at the store on October 19, 2024.During her search, she asked the people around for her daughter’s whereabouts, “but everyone brushed aside thinking that she may be somewhere helping a customer, Walmart is a superstore after all!!”Mandip then approached the on-duty managers and they began to search for the 19-year-old. (Also read:
