Dad of triple murder victim from Patiala has heart attack in London

LONDON/PATIALA: Father of 30-year-old Harinder Kumar, one of the three Punjabi men killed in a gruesome triple murder in Seven Kings, east London, on January 19, had a heart attack in London and was in hospital on Wednesday when one of the accused in the case, also a Punjabi man, appeared in the court. His trial will commence on June 29, 2020.
Harinder's funeral, which was to be held in east London on Thursday, has been delayed after his father's sudden illness.His Patiala-based family - father Lavinder Kumar, mother Rama Rani, brother in law Sandeep Kumar and sister - reached London on February 12 to attend his funeral and the court hearing in the case before escorting his body back home for cremation.
Lavinder, an employee of the government press in Patiala, had been inconsolable since his son's death and had taken leave for one month after his murder. Harinder had left for London in 2011 on a student visa and had not visited home since then.
Before leaving for London, Harinder's brother-in-law Sandeep had told TOI last week, "None of the politicians here, including Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, helped us despite our efforts to meet her. We had also requested external affairs minister on his Twitter handle and had even written to him, seeking help to bring back Harinder's body, but all in vain. A UK Sikh body is now helping us to bring the body back."
He lamented that Harinder's parents, who kept waiting for eight long years for his return, did not get to see him."