A 45-year-old social media influencer of Punjabi origin, Nancy Grewal, was stabbed to death in Canada, with her mother in Jalandhar on Thursday claiming that she used to receive threats to her life.Nancy was murdered in LaSalle in Ontario late on March 3.On social media, Nancy used to express her opinions on different social and political issues in Punjab. She had spoken against Khalistanis and even made remarks against pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.In a post on social media, the LaSalle police service said, “Shortly before 9.30 pm on March 3, emergency services responded to a report of a stabbing. A 45-year-old woman was located with injuries. She was taken to a hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.”Later, the police identified the victim as Nancy Grewal, adding that it was investigating the incident.”To ease public concern, we are sharing that investigators are viewing this as an isolated incident,” it further said, while urging people for any information and providing video surveillance.Nancy was quite active on social media and used to express her opinions on different social and political issues. In recent weeks, she even spoke against Radha Soami Satsang Beas head Gurinder Singh Dhillon after he met Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in the Nabha Jail on February 2.Speaking to reporters in Jalandhar on Thursday, Nancy’s mother Shinderpal Kaur said her daughter was stabbed multiple times. She accused some hardliners in Windsor in Canada of having enmity with her daughter.Urging the Canadian authorities to nab those behind the murder, Shinderpal Kaur said her daughter was attacked earlier as well when her house was set on fire, but she survived. “Nancy continued to receive threats,” she said.She claimed that a youth with face covered had even come to Nancy’s house to conduct recce.”Nancy had installed CCTV cameras at her residence. When she spotted him, he got scared. Had the CCTV cameras not been installed, he could have killed Nancy at her residence,” said the mother.She said her daughter went to Canada in 2018. She did a course in nursing and was working for two companies.Shinderpal Kkaur said she last spoke to Nancy on March 2. But her daughter did not take the call on March 3, she said.


