India, March 7 -- A social media account promoting Sikh extremist views has claimed responsibility for stabbing to death an Indian-origin woman in Canada's Ontario province, according to a media report.

Nancy Grewal, 45, of Windsor, was stabbed to death just before 9.30 pm on March 3 in the area of Todd Lane in LaSalle town in Essex County, the LaSalle Police Service said on Wednesday.

On social media, an account says in Punjabi that Nancy Grewal of Windsor was killed over her criticism of the Khalistani movement, CBC News said late on Thursday night.

Asserting that CBC has not independently verified the account or the information, the CBC report quoted a caption shown over a picture of Grewal that said, "This woman was saying bad thin...