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The person suspected of murdering Queensland girl Toyah Cordingley 4 years in the past will quickly be on a airplane from India to Australia, Queensland Police say.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll on Thursday confirmed her officers are in India and their departure from New Delhi with accused man Rajwinder Singh is imminent.
“We’re grateful he might be again in Queensland earlier than our courts, however behind that, there’s at all times that tragic lack of a younger life,” Ms Carroll mentioned.
The 24-year-old’s physique was discovered on a seaside north of Cairns in October 2018 after she took her canine for a stroll.
Police imagine Rajwinder Singh has averted apprehension within the Punjab area since touring to India on October 23, 2018.
The Australian citizen was arrested final November within the Indian capital earlier than going through a court docket in Delhi.
Ms Carroll mentioned she was trying ahead to Singh returning to Queensland and recommended the work of Indian and Australian authorities in processing the extradition.
“Once we began this course of, we had been closely involved (about) how lengthy it might take, however actually, it has been a really easy course of,” she mentioned.
Ms Carroll has beforehand mentioned the investigation to seek out Singh was some of the intense and complete in a few years.
Ms Cordingley’s loss of life had shocked and outraged individuals in Queensland, she mentioned.
“She was a good looking, much-loved individual, simply innocently going about her day.”
– AAP
