India, Dec. 26 -- Two Indian nationals were found murdered in Canada within a span of two weeks, triggering concern among the Indian community, though police say the circumstances surrounding the two deaths are not linked.

The latest incident involved the fatal shooting of Indian doctoral student Shivank Avasthi near the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus, while the earlier case involved the killing of an Indian woman, Himanshi Khurana, in what police suspect was an incident of intimate partner violence.

Toronto Police said on Tuesday that an Indian doctoral student, identified as Shivank Avasthi, was killed in a shooting in the Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road area, close to the University of Toronto Scarborough Campu...