Australia - Toyah Cordingley, 24, body found on beach, 22 October 2018 #3

[seekingjustice**]

'We want him to surrender and tell us the truth': Family of 'person of interest' in Toyah Cordingley's murder beg the male nurse to return from India - as local police form a special task force to track him down

Family of 'person of interest' in Toyah Cordingley's murder plead with him to come home from India | Daily Mail Online

Hopefully the Indian Police will track him down now that there's an Arrest Warrant.

 

[iailwa]

You wouldn't take a dip at either, lake placid had crocodile signs and sightings and stinger season was almost in affect. Not to mention crocodiles sightings at beaches nearby around the time of Toyahs murder.

Oh, didn't think of that... wish he did take a dip then!

 

[SouthAussie]

Behind a paywall saying Indian police to form taskforce to track person of interest in Toyah Cordingleys murder.

Category: | The Courier Mail

It says ... (parts we haven't already read elsewhere)

Indian police exclusively confirmed to The Sunday Mail plans to form a special taskforce after an official request to track down and arrest the Innisfail father-of-three.

Mr Singh, who was “mentally upset”, abruptly left his job at Innisfail Hospital and flew out of Cairns the day the 24-year-old’s body was found.
He flew to Sydney and stayed with his sister before flying to India the next day, his family said.

Australia has a standing extradition treaty with India but it is notoriously difficult to get wanted persons returned from the subcontinent.

Police in his home town of Armitsar in Punjab told The Sunday Mail they had received a request to find and arrest Rajwinder, but were yet to locate him.

It is understood no Interpol notice has been issued in his name.

“The best thing is we can form a special team and look for the (person of interest),’’ said an officer of Amritsar District who did not want to be named. “A special team can work independently to track any (person of interest).’’

Mr Singh’s family plan to fly to India over Christmas to try to find him.

His family believe he could be hiding in a Sikh temple where he would receive free food and a bed.

 

[SouthAussie]

^^^^^^ So, are his family selling up and skipping town at Christmas?

And is this what the visit to the Sikh temple with dad was about ... before Singh flew out?

 

[iailwa]

I couldn't help but google sikh temples in india & pakistan. So many near his home town. If you look at the photo, his hometown is hidden behind the biggest patch (red blob?) of temples along the border area

 

[SouthAussie]

From what I have read, the Sikh peoples have a long history of persecution ... and are quite accustomed to standing up against it.


Many are Jats (a farming people that have a history of standing up to persecution).
Hargobind established a militant tradition of resistance to persecution by the central government in Delhi that remains an important motif in Sikh consciousness.
This tradition helps explains how the religion has survived intense persecution and why Sikhs recruited by the Indian, Pakistani and British militaries.
SIKHS AND THEIR HISTORY | Facts and Details

 

[iailwa]

sorry to bung on again about temples, but there's one near the border of nepal, and a couple in nepal, if one chose to go the other way. As far as i know Nepal doesn't have an extradition agreement with aust (?)

Do you think his family might suggest he's hiding in a temple as a ruse? I wonder if they really want him to be found.

 

[SouthAussie]

My personal opinion is that his family are helping him. They are likely just keeping the peace until they can get out of the country, like his father did (again, jmo).

He may not be in a Sikh temple, but still be housed by a Sikh temple member. Or be shuffled around from place to place by his peoples.

Of course, I don't know this. It is just a feeling I get ... with his temple visit prior to leaving the area, with him staying with his sister in Sydney before his quick flight out of the country, with his dad leaving shortly after, with the house up for sale, with his family leaving at Christmas to "find him" ... when the Indian police have said they are looking for him.

 

[JLZ]

My personal opinion is that his family are helping him. They are likely just keeping the peace until they can get out of the country, like his father did (again, jmo).

He may not be in a Sikh temple, but still be housed by a Sikh temple member. Or be shuffled around from place to place by his peoples.

Of course, I don't know this. It is just a feeling I get ... with his temple visit prior to leaving the area, with him staying with his sister in Sydney before his quick flight out of the country, with his dad leaving shortly after, with the house up for sale, with his family leaving at Christmas to "find him" ... when the Indian police have said they are looking for him.

BBM
Why would the religious organization do that though? It isn't a political/religious crime. RS isn't a temple employee whose arrest would compromise the religion (and I'm thinking of the analogy with Christian priest pedophiles who were protected by their church). Would Indian Sikhs hide any local who committed a violent crime and was sought by police? I don't know, but presumably not?

 

[SouthAussie]

BBM
Why would the religious organization do that though? It isn't a political/religious crime. RS isn't a temple employee whose arrest would compromise the religion (and I'm thinking of the analogy with Christian priest pedophiles who were protected by their church). Would Indian Sikhs hide any local who committed a violent crime and was sought by police? I don't know, but presumably not?

I don't know either ... it is just a feeling I get. Women seem to hold less value in India (my opinion) and if he has made himself out to be some kind of scapegoat for this crime.

I don't imagine the people in India know all the details of this crime. Some Aussies have treated Indians here very badly. They could believe he is a scapegoat ... that he may have been close to the crime when it happened but didn't actually do it. That seems to be his family's stance - that he couldn't commit a crime like this.

 

[Rocket333]

From what I have read, the Sikh peoples have a long history of persecution ... and are quite accustomed to standing up against it.


Many are Jats (a farming people that have a history of standing up to persecution).
Hargobind established a militant tradition of resistance to persecution by the central government in Delhi that remains an important motif in Sikh consciousness.
This tradition helps explains how the religion has survived intense persecution and why Sikhs recruited by the Indian, Pakistani and British militaries.
SIKHS AND THEIR HISTORY | Facts and Details

RS’s Facebook profile (well one of his profiles as I think he has a few) is Rajwinder Singh Sandhu.
Rajwinder Singh Sandhu

“Sandhu Name Meaning. Indian (Panjab): Sikh name which goes back to the tribal name Sandhu or Sindhu. The Sindhus are the second largest Jat tribe in the Panjab.”

 

[iailwa]

BBM
Why would the religious organization do that though? It isn't a political/religious crime. RS isn't a temple employee whose arrest would compromise the religion (and I'm thinking of the analogy with Christian priest pedophiles who were protected by their church). Would Indian Sikhs hide any local who committed a violent crime and was sought by police? I don't know, but presumably not?

I don't know JLZ. i have the feeling it could go the other way... hope you are right tho. maybe they stick together no matter what? Or there might be just a few willing to harbor him - like any faith, there's always a few nutters. I guess i'm a cynic

 

[Rocket333]

It says ... (parts we haven't already read elsewhere)

Indian police exclusively confirmed to The Sunday Mail plans to form a special taskforce after an official request to track down and arrest the Innisfail father-of-three.

Mr Singh, who was “mentally upset”, abruptly left his job at Innisfail Hospital and flew out of Cairns the day the 24-year-old’s body was found.
He flew to Sydney and stayed with his sister before flying to India the next day, his family said.

Australia has a standing extradition treaty with India but it is notoriously difficult to get wanted persons returned from the subcontinent.

Police in his home town of Armitsar in Punjab told The Sunday Mail they had received a request to find and arrest Rajwinder, but were yet to locate him.

It is understood no Interpol notice has been issued in his name.

“The best thing is we can form a special team and look for the (person of interest),’’ said an officer of Amritsar District who did not want to be named. “A special team can work independently to track any (person of interest).’’

Mr Singh’s family plan to fly to India over Christmas to try to find him.

His family believe he could be hiding in a Sikh temple where he would receive free food and a bed.

When he left Oz, he had no intention of ever returning. It was a one way ticket out of here, and swiftly.

 

[Rocket333]

My personal opinion is that his family are helping him. They are likely just keeping the peace until they can get out of the country, like his father did (again, jmo).

He may not be in a Sikh temple, but still be housed by a Sikh temple member. Or be shuffled around from place to place by his peoples.

Of course, I don't know this. It is just a feeling I get ... with his temple visit prior to leaving the area, with him staying with his sister in Sydney before his quick flight out of the country, with his dad leaving shortly after, with the house up for sale, with his family leaving at Christmas to "find him" ... when the Indian police have said they are looking for him.

Agreed.

 

[they'll get you]

^^^^^^ So, are his family selling up and skipping town at Christmas?

And is this what the visit to the Sikh temple with dad was about ... before Singh flew out?

He flew to Sydney and stayed with his sister before flying to India the next day, his family said.

Surely his sister noticed any strange behaviour and any injuries.
I’m suspicious as well SA.

 

[JLZ]

I don't know JLZ. i have the feeling it could go the other way... hope you are right tho. maybe they stick together no matter what? Or there might be just a few willing to harbor him - like any faith, there's always a few nutters. I guess i'm a cynic

He may well have some connections who are Sikhs who are willing to harbour him. But that's a different proposition from being hidden by a religious institution with its financial and networking resources.

 

[SouthAussie]

He may well have some connections who are Sikhs who are willing to harbour him. But that's a different proposition from being hidden by a religious institution with its financial and networking resources.

Except that it is his family that suggested that the Sikh temple may be hiding him .... whether or not the organisation knows exactly why.

His family believe he could be hiding in a Sikh temple where he would receive free food and a bed.

 

[JLZ]

My personal opinion is that his family are helping him. They are likely just keeping the peace until they can get out of the country, like his father did (again, jmo).

He may not be in a Sikh temple, but still be housed by a Sikh temple member. Or be shuffled around from place to place by his peoples.

Of course, I don't know this. It is just a feeling I get ... with his temple visit prior to leaving the area, with him staying with his sister in Sydney before his quick flight out of the country, with his dad leaving shortly after, with the house up for sale, with his family leaving at Christmas to "find him" ... when the Indian police have said they are looking for him.

About being "shuffled around from place to place by his peoples". So these would be remote connections or some he and his family didn't know at all. Wouldn't potential hosts have reservations, worries about the danger to their children/wives/mothers? He says he's innocent, but how are they to know, one way or another?

 

[JLZ]

Except that it is his family that suggested that the Sikh temple may be hiding him .... whether or not the organisation knows exactly why.

His family believe he could be hiding in a Sikh temple where he would receive free food and a bed.

Until they realize who he is, perhaps.

 

[JLZ]

He flew to Sydney and stayed with his sister before flying to India the next day, his family said.

Surely his sister noticed any strange behaviour and any injuries.
I’m suspicious as well SA.

Interesting. I don't know if this is mad conspiracy stuff, but I keep wondering if he went to India at all. Suppose a relative went on RS's passport, eventually to return under the relative's own identity.