In Abbotsford, a murder trial has begun for 52-year-old Jagpreet Singh. He is charged with second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his wife, 41-year-old Balwinder Kaur. The stabbing happened in their basement about two years ago. Singh arrived in Canada from India on a visitor visa on March 9, 2024. Kaur met him at the airport that day. "Six days later, Ms. Kaur was dead, and Mr. Singh was in police custody," Crown prosecutor Rob Macgowan told the court, according to CBC news. On March 15, police found Kaur unconscious in the basement of a home on Wagner Drive. She was taken to the hospital but died shortly after midnight. Singh was charged and pleaded not guilty last July, says his lawyer Josh Oppal. The couple married in India in 2000 and had two children. Their daughter moved to Canada in 2021 for school but faced serious medical problems. Kaur came to Canada to care for her daughter while Singh stayed in India. He later joined her in March 2024 after paperwork was submitted. Before March, there were no calls or texts between the couple. Phone records show Kaur unblocked Singh on WhatsApp on February 26 and shared airport reunion photos on March 9. Several calls took place from March 10 to 14. On March 15 at 9:37 pm, Kaur made a WhatsApp video call to a number linked to her son. That number called back four times but she did not answer. Kaur was found with four stab wounds on her neck and four near her chest. A broken steak knife was at the scene. Singh was found sitting on a couch, "scared, in shock," struggling to understand police, possibly due to language barriers. Constable Nicholas Howden said Singh was "simply staring at us" while sitting on the ground.