Melbourne : Police Queensland have announced a record $1 million reward to the public for apprehending an Indian nurse who fled India after allegedly killing an Australian woman on a beach four years ago in 2018.
Toyah Cordingley, 24, was walking her dog on Wangeti Beach, 40km north of Cairns, when she was murdered in October 2018, 7news.com reported on Thursday.
The report said 38-year-old Rajwinder Singh, who worked as a nurse at Enisfel, is a key person of interest in the case, but fled the country two days after Cordingley was murdered, losing his job, wife and Left three children in Australia.
Queensland Police are now offering 1 million Australian dollars, the largest ever offer by Queensland Police. For information from the public in the ongoing search for Singh, Detective Acting Superintendent Sonia Smith said that “the reward is unparalleled.” “.
“We know that Singh left Cairns on 22 October the day after Toyah’s assassination, and then flew from Sydney to India on the 23rd. His arrival in India has been confirmed,” he was quoted as saying by 7news.com. was cited.
“We have today confirmed that the last known location for Singh was India,” News.com reported. An investigation center has also been set up in Cairns and police officers from across the state, who can speak both Hindi and Punjabi, have been sent.
These officers will be able to get information from anyone in India who can know Singh’s whereabouts through WhatsApp, the report said.
“We know people know this person, they know where this person is and we’re asking those people to do the right thing,” Police Minister Mark Ryan told reporters on Thursday.
“This man is accused of a very heinous crime; A crime that has torn apart a family.”
Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said in a statement that this was the first time an initial bounty of 1 million Australian dollars has been offered in Queensland.
“We are extremely grateful for the government’s support in approving this important bounty, which we believe will help us track down Rajwinder Singh,” he added. “It is important that we get the attention of an international audience to reach this person.
“The police will not give up – we are incredibly determined to find answers for Toya’s family and will do whatever we can to put them off.”
Cordingley’s mother Vanessa Gardiner spoke Thursday about Inam and her “beautiful, spiritual” daughter.
“Her life was taken for granted very quickly. I look at her friends and things like marriage with kids and now think of everything she’s missed in her life,” Gardiner said.
“She was supposed to start her first full-time job on Monday, which never happened.” PTI AMS AKJ AMS
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