Highlights
- Police arrested a person in India in connection to the dying of Toyah Cordingley in Queensland in 2018.
- The arrest comes after a $1 million reward was supplied by Queensland authorities earlier this month.
- Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says the extradition course of to Australia is predicted to go easily.
In a rustic of a couple of billion folks, Indian police have arrested a person wished in connection to the dying of Toyah Cordingley in north Queensland greater than 4 years in the past.
The 24-year-old pharmacy employee and animal shelter volunteer was discovered lifeless on Wangetti Seaside, north of Cairns, after taking her canine for a stroll on October 21, 2018.
Police imagine Rajwinder Singh has been avoiding apprehension within the Punjab area since travelling to India on October 23, 2018.
His arrest on Friday follows an extradition request by Australia in 2021 and a $1 million reward supplied by Queensland authorities earlier this month.
The previous Innisfail nurse is predicted to face court docket in India “very shortly” and Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll is hopeful of a clean extradition course of to Australia.
“The connection working with the native Indian police on this has been distinctive, we have labored with them and the Australian Federal Police for an prolonged time frame,” she mentioned.
“It has been … probably the most intense, complete, the world over investigations over a few years now.”
QPS officers travelled to India between 27 October and eight November to share info with native police.
It’s unclear if the reward will probably be collected, however Ms Carroll says she’ll “fortunately write out that cheque myself” if the required processes have been adopted.
The AFP fugitive apprehension strike staff and AFP New Delhi have been helping QPS within the search and arrest of the homicide suspect.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll mentioned the dying of Toyah Cordingley shocked folks in Queensland when it occurred in October 2018. Supply: Equipped / Queensland Police
Ms Cordingley’s dying had shocked and outraged folks in Queensland, Ms Carroll mentioned.
“She was a lovely, a lot liked particular person, simply innocently going about her day,” she mentioned.
“I’m so happy we are able to now make additional progress in bringing closure to her household.
“It was by no means a query of if, solely when today would come.”
The matter is a excessive precedence for the Australian authorities, Lawyer-Normal Mark Dreyfus mentioned on Friday.
“Australian businesses proceed to work carefully with Indian authorities to pursue Mr Singh’s extradition to Australia, to allow him to face justice,” he mentioned.
