Pregnant Gold Coast nurse who was kidnapped in India is found dead in a canal

A pregnant Australian nurse who was kidnapped outside her parents’ home in India has been found dead in a canal, police said. 

Ravneet Kaur, from the Gold Coast, had been missing since March 14 when she was allegedly abducted in the Bagge Ke Pipal village. 

The 29-year-old, who was four months pregnant, had travelled to India on February 25 to visit her friends and family with her four-year-old daughter and was meant to return on March 22, the Courier Mail reported. 

The pregnant mum had been missing since March 14

Police said Kaur was taking a video call from her husband Jaspeet Singh back home at around 11.30am when she was allegedly taken from the street.   

‘She was murdered on the day she was kidnapped and her body was disposed of in a canal,’ Indian Inspector Mohit Dhawan told the publication. 

One person has been arrested in connection to her abduction and murder and Indian authorities are now working with the Australian High Commission in New Dehli, police said. 

Mr Singh had previously told Channel 9 that he did not ‘trust the local authorities over there.’

The 29-year-old, who was four months pregnant, had travelled to India on February 25 to visit her friends and family with her four-year-old daughter and was meant to return on March 22. She was reportedly taking a video call with her husband (pictured) when she was kidnapped

‘I just want my wife back,’ he said holding back tears. 

The mother-of-one had been employed at Tricare in the Gold Coast and was described as a devoted worker and mum and was reportedly expecting a son. 

Kaur’s colleague of six years, Kerrie Hawker said she was devastated to hear the news.

‘She had a heart of gold, she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She was so loving and her smile would light up a room. It was the most beautiful smile,’ she said.