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NRI Manjit Phangali's burned body found

Surrey, October 27, 2006
Sant Parkash

On Oct. 26, Police confirmed the news to Panghali's family that the burned body is that of the missing teacher, pregnant Manjit Phangali. Manjot's brother says police have confirmed from dental records that it is Manjit's body

Police said the autopsy done on the body found Monday morning at Deltaport Way near the Roberts Bank container terminal showed it was that of the 30-year-old missing woman. The body was found to have been disfigured by fire. Surrey RCMP Cpl. Roger Morrow said the team that has been on the case since Panghali was reported missing by her husband Oct. 19 will work with Delta, as will the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

Manjit Panghali's shattered family put on a brave face and rallied around her little daughter Maya. Panghali's brother Tur Basra said, "We want to see how Maya is doing. We are in contact because of Maya and she is our number one priority.We are mourning the loss of a great, great person," he said. "We are coping. It is still hard to talk."

Mukhtiar Panghali's younger brother Sukhvinder was there, despite facing a criminal harassment charge in connection with a former girlfriend he allegedly threatened over a three-month period last summer and
h is lawyer made a brief appearance on the charge in Richmond Provincial Court Thursday. Police investigators have refused to comment on reports in The Sun this week about the legal troubles facing Sukhvinder, who shared a house with Panghali and her husband until a couple of weeks before her murder. But Richmond RCMP has said the case involving the 26-year-old aircraft mechanic is so serious that his ex-girlfriend is in hiding fearing for her life.

Investigators did not comment on the fact Mukhtiar Panghali waited 26 hours before reporting his wife missing to police.

According to police, forensic tests were still being done on Panghali's Honda Civic, which was found abandoned in Surrey's Green Timbers Park Monday afternoon.

To discourage media from disturbing on their grief, a sign hung on the front door says "only immediate please."

There will be no additional information available because investigation will take couple of weeks

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