Father convicted of killing his children in Montreal suburb to serve life in prison
The judge said Arora had a carefully planned scheme to kill his three children and himself, and imposed concurrent sentences for the other crimes.
- On Monday, Quebec Superior Court Justice Alexandre Bien-Aimé sentenced Kamaljit Arora to automatic life terms for murdering his two children in Laval in 2022, with no parole eligibility for at least 25 years.
- Justice Bien-Aimé described the killings as part of an elaborate plan to murder Arora's three children and himself, with evidence showing he placed a generator in the home as an alternate lethal method.
- The jury also convicted Arora of attempting to murder his eldest daughter, Jasmine Arora, and assaulting his wife, Rama Rani Arora, after his plan failed when Jasmine did not arrive home at the expected time.
- For the attempted murder and assault, the court imposed an eight-year sentence and a 12-month term, respectively, served concurrently with the life sentences, keeping Arora ineligible for parole for 25 years.
- Eldest daughter Jasmine discovered her siblings' bodies upon returning home, providing critical evidence for the prosecution, while the 12-month assault sentence has already been served, concluding the legal proceedings.
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The Toronto Star
Father convicted of killing his children in Montreal suburb to serve life in prison
MONTREAL - A man who drowned his two children in their suburban Montreal family home in 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for
The judge imposed an additional sentence of 8 years for trying to kill his eldest daughter and 1 year for strangling his spouse.
In killing his two young children in the family home four years ago, Kamaljit Arora "knows what he was doing from beginning to end," concluded a judge on Monday morning. The magistrate portrayed the murderer as a selfish man.
Kamaljit Arora is living in prison, without the possibility of parole for 25 years.
The father who drowned two of his children had a "sophisticated" plan to also kill his daughter, concluded a judge by sentencing him to life imprisonment.
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