The person accused of killing Cairns lady Toyah Cordingley is on Wednesday morning being extradited to Australia, 7NEWS understands.
Rajwinder Singh has formally been handed over from India to Queensland Police on the Worldwide Airport in Delhi.W
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On Wednesday morning, he will likely be flown to Melbourne Airport.
The 38-year-old has denied any involvement in Cordingley’s dying.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll final Thursday confirmed her officers had been in India and their departure from New Delhi with accused man Rajwinder Singh was imminent.
“We’re grateful he will likely be again in Queensland earlier than our courts, however behind that, there’s all the time that tragic lack of a younger life,” Carroll mentioned.
Cordingley, 24, was discovered useless on a seashore north of Cairns in October 2018 after she took her canine for a stroll.
Police allege Singh has prevented 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 dealing with a courtroom in Delhi.
Carroll mentioned she was trying ahead to Singh returning to Queensland and counseled the work of Indian and Australian authorities in processing the extradition.
“After we began this course of, we had been closely involved (about) how lengthy it will take, however actually, it has been a really clean course of,” she mentioned.
Carroll has beforehand mentioned the investigation to seek out Singh was probably the most intense and complete in a few years.
Cordingley’s dying had shocked and outraged folks in Queensland, she mentioned.
“She was an attractive, much-loved individual, simply innocently going about her day.”
– with AAP
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