Nod to extradition of Moga man wished for Oz lady’s homicide
New Delhi, January 24
A Delhi courtroom on Tuesday allowed the extradition of a 38-year-old man to Australia in a case associated to a lady’s homicide there 4 years in the past.
Further Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Swati Sharma handed the order on an software of the Central Authorities, in search of extradition of fugitive Rajvinder Singh, after noting his consent within the case. Throughout the listening to, the accused was produced by video convention from Tihar Jail the place he’s at the moment lodged.
The courtroom was additionally apprised by the federal government that it might take round three weeks to extradite the accused. The Australian citizen of Indian-origin hailing from Moga in Punjab, Rajvinder, who had fled that nation after allegedly killing a lady in 2018 and was carrying a 1 million Australian {dollars} reward on his arrest, was nabbed by the Delhi Police on November 25 final yr. The arrest happened three weeks after the Australian police introduced the file reward for info resulting in his arrest.
The Interpol had issued a purple nook discover towards him, following which a non-bailable warrant was issued on November 21 beneath the Extradition Act. Based mostly on inputs shared by the CBI, which is the nodal company of the Interpol in India, and its Australian counterparts, the accused was nabbed from close to the GT Karnal Highway. On November 4, the Australian Excessive Fee had mentioned a reward of 1 million Australian {dollars} has been declared on the arrest of Singh, a nurse who killed an Australian lady on a seaside in Queensland.