India, July 25 -- A third person has been arrested by law enforcement in connection with the daylight murder of an Indo-Canadian businessman in May this year.

In a statement, on Thursday, Peel Regional Police (PRP) announced that, with the assistance of Delta Police, 22-year-old Shaheel was arrested in Surrey, British Columbia on July 15. The accused is a resident of the town of Delta. He was brought back to Ontario and charged with first degree murder.

That charge is related to the killing of 51-year-old Harjeet Dhadda, a resident of Brampton, in the parking lot in the neighbouring township of Mississauga just before noon on May 14.

He was taken to a local hospital but succumbed to the injuries sustained. The suspects fled in a stolen...