Queensland: Australian police offered a record $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of an Indian nurse who fled to India after allegedly murdering a 24-year old woman on a beach in Queensland in 2018. According to police statement, Toyah Cordingley was walking her dog on Wangetti Beach, 40 km north of Cairns in Queensland when she was murdered on October 21, 2018.
Rajwinder Singh, 38, is the key person of interest in the case but fled the country two days after Cordingley was killed, leaving behind his job, wife and three children in Australia, the statement added.
In an effort to elicit assistance from the public in the continued hunt for Singh, the police are now offering a reward of one million Australian dollars ($633,000), the greatest amount ever awarded by Queensland police. Detective acting Superintendent Sonia Smith stated that “the reward is unique”. As per the report, accused is from Buttar Kalan, Punjab. An investigation centre has also been established in Cairns and police officers from across the state who can speak both Hindi and Punjabi have been flown in.
These officers will receive information from anyone in India who might know Singh’s whereabouts via WhatsApp.
