Dr. Asha Goel

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October 18, 2012
Asha Goel murder case: Ex-officer told to drop probe of Canadian killed in India
Source: CBC News
A former Ottawa homicide investigator says he was told years ago not to investigate the brutal slaying of an Ontario doctor in India More >>


October 17, 2012
Asha Goel murder case: Canada accused of stalling doctor murder probe in India
Source: CBC News
A lack of co-operation from Canadian authorities has stalled an investigation into the grisly slaying of an Ontario doctor just over nine years ago. More >>

September 10, 2009
NRI murder case: Cops await permission to conduct narco test
Source: Times of India
Six years after NRI doctor Asha Goel was murdered on Malabar Hill, the probe seems to be moving in the right direction. More >>

April 15, 2009
Asha Goel murder: Lie detector test on accused
Source: Times of India
The metropolitan magistrate's court has granted crime branch the permission to conduct brain mapping and lie detector tests on Praveen Vatsa, an accused in the Asha Goel murder case. More >>

March 25, 2009
Fresh arrest in Asha Goel murder case of 2003
Source: Daily News & Analysis India
The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a 42-year-old man in connection with the Dr Asha Goel murder case in 2003. More >>

July 24, 2007
Ottawa officials urged to arrest alleged murderer of prominent Canadian doctor
Source: Sentinelle CNW
The family of a prominent Canadian doctor whowas brutally murdered in India 4 years ago is urging Canadian
officials to act on the arrest warrant that has been issued for the person responsible for the murder of their mother. More >>

July 23, 2007
Family of doctor killed in India seeks justice
Source: CBC News
Almost four years after a Canadian doctor was the victim of a brutal beating death in Mumbai, India, her children say they are feeling betrayed by the Canadian government. More >>

January 10, 2007
Asha Goel murder: Mumbai cop in Canada
Source: Rediff India Abroad
Chief Inspector of the Mumbai police's crime branch Jayawant Hargude is in Toronto for two weeks awaiting
results of DNA testing -- by Ontario's modern forensic laboratory -- of articles pertaining to the case of Dr Asha Goel, an Indo-Canadian who was murdered in Mumbai, August 23, 2003. More >>

March 07th , 2007
She was a proud Canadian
Source: Mike Roberts, The Province
In "pursuit of justice," Vancouver businessman Sanjay Goel returned again to Mumbai last week, his 18th trip to India since his mother was "brutally and heinously murdered" there in August 2003. More >>

Jan 15th , 2007
Killings abroad go unsolved
Source: Curtis Rush, Toronto Star
More than 250 Canadians have been slain outside the country since 2000, the Star has found. Many cases remain unsolved. Relatives say Canada isn't doing enough to protect its citizens More >>

December 12th , 2006
Asha Goel murder: Forensic report awaited
Source: Ajit Jain, Rediff India Abroad
Chief Inspector (Crime Branch) of Mumbai Police, Jayawant Hargude, has been in Toronto for two weeks waiting for results of DNA testing by Ontario's modern Forensic Laboratory of the articles pertaining to the case of Dr Asha Goel, an Indo-Canadian, who was murdered in Mumbai on August 23, 2003. More >>

November 23th , 2006
India asks Canada for forensic help in solving homicide
Source: JONATHAN WOODWARD, Globe and Mail
Knives, a broken granite slab, and the blood-spattered clothes of four men accused of slaying a prominent Canadian doctor in India are in Canada for testing, after Indian labs failed to produce DNA evidence. More >>

March 23th , 2006
Goel murder still being investigated
Source: MANDI HARGRAVE , Orangeville Citizen
More than 2 1/2 years after the discovery of her brutally beaten body in a brother's home in India, the police investigation of Dr. Asha Goel's murder is continuing and trial of the suspects is still a year away. More >>

March 17th , 2006
$5-million feud kills family peacemaker
Source: JONATHAN WOODWARD, Globe and Mail
She always believed her brothers would rise above a bitter feud over the $5-million left by their father. More >>

February 23rd, 2006
Canadian charged with killing doctor over family fortune
Source: Asian Pacific Post
Charges have been laid against an Ottawa businessman for the killing of his sister two years ago in India, a murder that triggered more than 13,000 petitions from across the world that urged the Canadian government to help solve the case.
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January 05th, 2006
'I will find my mother's killers'
Source: Mata Press Service, Asian Pacific Post
She delivered 10,000 babies in Canada during her 40 years as a doctor. Two years ago, she was found murdered in Mumbai. Now her son is on a quest to find who killed his mother. More >>

October 18th, 2005
Arrests made in murder of Orangeville doctor
Source: The Banner
More than two years after Orangeville doctor Asha Goel was murdered while visiting her brother in Mumbai, India, police have arrested three men in connection with her death. More >>

October 11th, 2005
Goel murder suspects held
Source: Canada News
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October 4th, 2005
Brother set up NRI doc's murder over property row
Source: Times of India
Mumbai: A murder that shocked Mumbai-that of NRI obstetrician Asha Goel (62) who was bludgeoned to death at Malabar Hill in August 2003-has finally been solved by the crime branch. Three persons, including a relative, were arrested in the case on Saturday evening. More >>

October 4th, 2005
2-year delay raises questions
Source:Times of India
Mumbai: The failure of the Malabar Hill police station to solve the Asha Goel murder has raised eyebrows in police circles. The case was finally cracked only after the investigations were handed over to the crime branch.
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October 3rd, 2005
NRI's fight to find mum's killers ends
Source: www.mumbaimirror.com
Online campaign succeeds in netting three who murdered doc for property. More >>

July 20th, 2005
The response is tremendous
Source: www.mumbaimirror.com
On July 16, Mumbai Mirror had published an article about Sanjay Goel's efforts to bring his mother Dr Asha Goel's killers to book. Since then, 3,150 people have signed the petition (pleading with the Canadian government to pressurise the Indian government into doing something about the case) and 80 people have e-mailed Sanjay sending condolences and sympathy messages.
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July 16th, 2005
NRI sets up fund for mum's killers
Source: www.mumbaimirror.com
Canada-based NRI Sanjay Goel (35) is determined to 'net' his mother's killers. After his repeated visits to Mumbai yielded no results in finding out the murderers, the NRI has now decided to launch a virtual hunt and has started a website offering a reward of Rs 10 lakh to anyone who gives him information about the crime. More >>

April 5th, 2005
Mumbai murder mystery cracked
Source: Deccan Herald
A suspected killer spilled the beans when he was subjected to narcoanalysis, brain finger-printing and polygraph tests in Bangalore. More >>

November 30th, 2004
Family seeks answers about mother's violent death
Source: Sask.cbc.ca News
REGINA - There are still more questions than answers in the brutal killing of a former Regina doctor, family members say. An obstetrician and gynecologist, Asha Goel delivered thousands of babies in her 20-year career in Saskatchewan and her 17-year career in Ontario. More >>


November 29th, 2004
The Case of Dr. Asha Goel was murdered in India in August 2003. Colin spoke to Dr. Goel's son and daughter about the case.
Source: cbc.ca
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November 12th, 2004
Goel family petitioning Ottawa to take on cause of murdered doctor
Source: Peter Criscione, Banner Staff Writer
PETER CRISCIONE, Banner Staff Writer
Who killed Asha Goel? For the last 15 months the answer to that question has plagued the hearts and minds of a community torn by the tragic death of one of its own. More >>

March 14th, 2004
He travels to India seeking justice
Source: Mid Day
Alpana Lath
Sanjay Goel lives in Vancouver, Canada. His mother, Asha, was murdered in Mumbai. About 12,287 kms and a long flight separate the two cities. But since August 2003, when the incident occurred, Sanjay has come to Mumbai seven times. More >>

Asha Goel Scholarship Launched
Source: Canada News
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January 06, 2004
Picturing Asha
Source: Seema Goel - The Medical Post
Orangeville, Ont. obstetrician Dr. Asha Goel was murdered in Mumbai, India last August. Seema Goel, her daughter, reflects on the two versions of Asha—the doctor and the person
As the deadline for this article drew near, I found myself increasingly reluctant to begin. My mother died not so long ago, 112 days. It was the end of summer, and the world was walking through a liquid heat. She died in a moment of violence which I have not yet accepted, or been able to comprehend.
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December 16, 2003
Who killed Asha Goel?
Source: Jenny Manzer - The Medical Post
More than 100 days after the Ontario obstetrician's vicious murder in India, her killers have yet to be caught.
TORONTO – Sanjay Goel used to rise at 4:45 a.m., Vancouver time, to telephone his mother, Dr. Asha Goel, before they would each start their working days—he, as president of a cruise travel company, she as a devoted obstetrician at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville, Ont. More >>

November 12th, 2003
Police remain silent on Malabar Hill murders
Source: Times of India
The city police seem to have hushed up investigations into two sensational murders in high-rise societies in Malabar Hill over the past three months. More >>

November 6th, 2003
Suspect dies leaving cops baffled
Source: Indian Express Newspapers
THEY had their suspect. And a confession naming the man who was apparently behind it all. Yet, the Malabar Hill police failed to crack the murder case-simply because they failed to interrogate or detain the alleged main conspirator before he died of natural causes. More >>

November 5th, 2003
Accused implicates victim’s brother
Source: Bhupen Patel - Mid Day
Pradeep Parab, the only person picked up in the brutal murder of Dr Asha Goel at Sudhar building in Malabar Hill on August 23, has now named her brother Sureshchandra Agarwal as chief conspirator in the case.
However, Agarwal died on Monday from natural causes. Now police have put Parab through a lie detector test to find out if he is speaking the truth. The test results are awaited. More >>


November 5, 2003

Update on the Investigation into the Brutal Murder of Asha Goel, Visiting NRI Doctor
Dr. Asha Goel, a prominent Obstetrician & Gynaecologist from Orangeville Ontario, Canada arrived in Mumbai accompanied by her son Sanjay Goel to visit her ailing brother (Shri. Suresh Chandra Agrawal) and sister-in-law (Smt. Kamini Agrawal) on August 14, 2003. Sanjay Goel returned to Canada on August 18. Dr. Goel was scheduled to return to Canada on the evening of August 23. More >>


September 10, 2003

NRI's killer caught, mastermind at large
Source: Bhupen Patel - Mid Day
Even the confession of the killer isn’t enough for Malabar Hill police to initiate action against the mastermind of the murder of a 62-year-old NRI in August.
On August 24, Dr Asha Goel was found in a pool of blood by a maidservant in her Sudhakar Co-operative Housing Society flat at Dhabolkar Marg, Malabar Hill. After investigations, police arrested Pradeep Parab, a friend of one of the maidservants.
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September 03, 2003

Asha Goel Obituary
Source: ogs.on.ca
Asha GOEL was a vibrant member of the many communities to which she belonged. She was a respected and accomplished obstetrician/gynecologist in Regina, Saskatchewan (1971-1987), Brampton, Ontario (2001- 2003), and Orangeville, Ontario (1987-2003) where she was chief of the Obstetrics Department.
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August 28, 2003

Ex-Regina doctor killed in attack
Source: Angela Hall - Leader-Post
Friends of a former Regina doctor murdered in India last weekend say they will remember her as a caring person who was quick to lend a hand.
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August 28, 2003

Local Doctor killed in Mumbai robbery
Source: India Journal
ORANGEVILLE - An Orangeville obstetrician, Dr. Asha Goel, 62, was murdered over the weekend while visiting her elderly brother and his wife in Mumbai, India
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August 27, 2003

Slain doctor's son wants Canada's help
Source: Jordan Heath-Rawlings - Globe and Mail
The son of a Canadian obstetrician who was beaten to death in India last weekend is calling on the Canadian government to take a greater role in the search for her killers.
"There's so many questions that we are very angry and very frustrated. The deeper we go trying to learn what happened, the less we get," Sanjay Goel said.
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August 27, 2003

Doctor killed in robbery
Source: Philip Mascoll - Toronto Star
Police in Mumbai, India, have settled on robbery as the motive behind the slaying of the chief of obstetrics at an Orangeville hospital who was visiting an ailing brother. Dr. Asha Goel, 62, was found early Saturday in a pool of blood on the floor of a bedroom at her brother's house in the upper-class suburb of Malabar Hill. A preliminary autopsy report said she had been beaten to death.
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August 26, 2003

Ontario doctor slain in India; Orangeville MD beaten to death Police say robbery could be motive
Source:
Philip Mascoll - Toronto Star
The chief of obstetrics at an Orangeville hospital has been beaten to death in Mumbai, India, where she was visiting her sick brother. Dr. Asha Goel, 62, was found in a pool of blood on the floor of the bedroom she used at her brother's house in the upper class suburb of Malabar Hill, police in the city said yesterday.
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August 25, 2003

Another senior citizen murdered
Source:
Mumbai Newsline - Express News Service
Mumbai, August 24: Security has been tightened in a housing society at Malabar Hill after a 62-year-old non-resident Indian doctor was found murdered in her brother’s flat on Saturday.
This takes the number of senior citizens killed this year to nine. Asha Sadan Goel had flown down to Mumbai recently to visit her ailing brother, Suresh Chandra Agarwal.
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August 24, 2003

NRI found murdered in Mumbai
Source:
Rediff.com
A non-resident Indian was found murdered on the 14th floor of Sudhakar Building in Malabar Hill, Mumbai, on Saturday.
Asha Goel, 61, had arrived from Toronto 10 days ago, police said, adding she was found lying on the ground with serious head injuries.
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