[8] There are different theories about why Gill had gone to Pakistan, including to settle a long-standing debt,[5] attend a conference,[9] meet with a romantic interest,[1] and look for and purchase precious gemstones.
They provided her cell phone records to the authorities demonstrating that the last message she sent was to the Pakistani television personality she had met through an online dating site.
According to the Express Tribune, Assistant Advocate General Arib Yaqoob filed a report with magistrates on December 6, 2012, which said that Gill was still not officially considered "missing".
[14] On November 29, 2012, Tribune India quoted a police official to the effect that "the possibility of Rajvinder being in the custody of intelligence agencies could not be ruled out.
According to the Pakistani officials, in that confession his cousin Shahid owed Gill a large sum of money, and offered to pay him for help killing her.
He confessed they lured her on a car trip to view gems, where Shahid first covertly served Gill tea laced with a sedative, so she wouldn't struggle, and then strangled her.
[18] On January 7, 2013, the Lahore High Court directed Pakistani police to call upon Interpol to seek out and arrest Ghazanfar[5][18] and to request Canada and Switzerland to freeze Gill's bank accounts.