New Delhi: Delhi’s Patiala Court on Friday sent Rajwinder Singh, the man who is accused of killing an Australian woman in Queensland in 2018, to judicial custody till November 30, after being arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell today. Earlier today, Rajwinder Singh, was presented before the Patiala House court by Delhi Police Special Cell.
Rajwinder Singh, 38, is suspected of killing 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley in 2018, lived in Queensland but is originally from Buttar Kalan in Moga, Punjab, India.
The Australian Police had offered 1 million Australian dollars, which is over ₹5 crore, for the exchange of information about the accused Rajwinder Singh. The accused was arrested after a joint operation of CBI, Interpol, and the special cell with intelligence inputs.
The Australian High Commission in a tweet on November 11 had informed about the declaration of the 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.
{{/usCountry}}“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.
{{/usCountry}}“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.
The Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell AO on November 3 noted the announcement by the Queensland Government of AUD 1 million reward for the information about the location and arrest of Rajwinder Singh, ‘wanted’ in relation to the murder of one Toyah Cordingley in 2018.
Queensland Police had also appealed for public assistance for information leading to the location and arrest of Singh, who was believed to be in India and has been held now.
According to a statement by the High Commission in India, the Australian Federal Police based in New Delhi have been working with the Central Bureau of Investigation in relation to this case.
Toyah Cordingley (24) was walking her dog on Wangetti Beach in Queensland when she was killed in October 2018. Singh, who worked as a nurse in Innisfail, was the key person of interest in the case. He fled Australia two days after Cordingley was killed, leaving behind his job, wife and three children.