India, May 29 -- The family of a 22-year-old Indian student, who was stabbed to death in Canada, has appealed to the government to bring her body back home at the earliest so they can perform her last rites.

Vidhi Megha, a resident of Borsad in Gujarat's Anand district, was killed in St. Catharines near Niagara on May 15 after she was allegedly attacked by an unidentified person in broad daylight.

Her father Kalpeshbhai Megha said his daughter was stabbed with a knife and succumbed to her injuries despite attempts by bystanders to save her.

"She was attacked with a knife and injured. Someone tried to defend her, but she was stabbed and died," he told news agency ANI.

"My only request to the government is that I want my daughter's last...