Suspect in fatal stabbing in Scarborough charged

Toronto police have charged a suspect with manslaughter following a fatal stabbing at a Scarborough home Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the home near Ellesmere and Orton Park roads, east of Scarborough Golf Club Road, just before 5pm after receiving a report of a stabbing. It is unclear who called the police.

When officers arrived, they found a woman with serious stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene and a suspect was arrested.

In an update on Monday, police identified the victim as 54-year-old Dushi Lakshmanan.

The police initially did not reveal anything about the relationship between the victim and the suspect. In an email to CTV News Toronto, police confirmed that the suspect, 50-year-old Toronto resident Ragulan Lakshmanan, is the victim’s brother.

Ragulan has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the stabbing.

He was scheduled to appear in a Toronto courtroom on Monday.