The Delhi Police on Friday arrested a person accused of killing an Australian woman in Queensland in 2018.
The Australian Police had offered 1 million Australian dollars, which is over Rs 5 crore for the exchange of information about the accused Rajwinder Singh who killed Toyah Cordingley in 2018. Accused Rajwinder Singh was arrested after a joint opertion of CBI, interpol and special cell with intelligence inputs.
The Australian High Commission in a tweet on 11 November had informed about the declaration of reward of One Million Australian Dollars on the arrest of one Rajwinder Singh, an Indian-origin Australian citizen, who had committed the gruesome murder of an Australian lady on 21/10/2018 in Queensland, Australia, and had been absconding ever since.
“Interpol had issued Red Corner Notice (RCN), Control No. A-2639/3-2021 regarding the said accused; the CBI/Interpol, New Delhi had got issued a non-bailable warrant, under The Extradition Act, against his name from the Patiala House Court on 21/11/2022,” an official statement from the police read.
“On 25/11/2022 at 06:00 hrs, based upon inputs shared by CBI/Interpol and Australian counterparts, in an intelligence-based operation, the accused was apprehended from near GT Karnal Road and arrested by Special Cell u/s 41(1) Cr PC. The accused is being produced before the concerned court as per law for further proceedings,” it added.
