The brother of the man fatally stabbed in White Rock on Tuesday night (April 23) says an appeal for donations to help the family take his body home to India raised 鈥渕uch more than our expectations.鈥�

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Launched Wednesday, the crowdfunding effort generated more than $50,000 鈥� through 893 donations 鈥� for the family of 26-year-old Kulwinder Singh Sohi, who died on White Rock鈥檚 East Beach waterfront at approximately 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. His killer remains at large.

In an update posted Thursday (April 25) to the page, Gurleen Singh Sohi thanked all who have contributed to the campaign, noting it 鈥渕eans a lot to us.鈥�

He later asked that no more donations be made, disabled the donation function and appealed for 鈥測our prayers and blessings so that my brother soul rest in peace and we can get him justice.鈥�

Gurleen Sohi also noted that a 鈥済athering for justice鈥� will be arranged for his brother, with details to be shared on social media.

Officials with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team say they will field media questions on the investigation this afternoon (Friday), during a 1 p.m. press conference at Chief Bernard Robert Charles Memorial Plaza.