A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the family of Yuren Patel, a 23-year-old man who drowned at Waskesiu Lake in Prince Albert National Park last week on Sunday.
Friends of Patel launched the GoFundMe campaign to help the family with transporting his body back to India for final rites and cremation, as per their cultural and religious beliefs.
“It is Kamleshbhai’s (Yuren’s father) earnest wish to perform the last rites and cremation of Yuren in their homeland, back in India. But they face the daunting task of arranging for Yuren’s final journey home,” reads the GoFundMe page.
Around 3 p.m. on July 14, officers at the Waskesiu detachment received multiple calls about a man in distress.
RCMP vehicles surround the body of a man who died suddenly at the main beach in Waskesiu on July 14, 2024. (Carla Shynkaruk / …