The possible extradition of a man who flew to India before his wife was found in a wheelie bin could be easier than expected after he relinquished Indian citizenship.
The body of Chaithanya ‘Swetha’ Madhagani, 30, was found stuffed into a green wheelie bin on Mount Pollock Road in Buckley, west of Geelong, Victoria, on March 9.
Homicide detectives have said they want to speak to Ms Madhagani’s husband, Ashok Raj Varikuppala, in relation to the death.
The couple became n citizens in a bid to build a life away from their homeland of India, The Herald Sun reported.
India’s constitution does not allow for dual citizenship, making Mr Varikuppala’s potential extradition simpler as he is classified as a foreign national.
Homicide detectives have said they want to speak to Ms Madhagani’s husband, Ashok Raj Varikuppala, in relation to the death
A homicide investigation was launched after the body of The body of Chaithanya ‘Swetha’ Madhagani was found in a wheelie bin at their home in Buckley, west of Geelong, in March
Mr Varikuppala is believed to have taken their three-month-old child with him to India before arriving at Ms Madhagani’s family home unannounced and handing him off to them.
The Herald Sun reports that during this interaction, he confessed to killing Ms Madhagani by strangulation and begged for their forgiveness.
‘As soon as I put my hand on my grandson’s head, his father, Ashok, knelt, grasped my feet and started crying, saying “I am sorry for what I did, Chaithanya is no more, I killed her”,’ Ms Madhagani’s father, Balshetty Madhagani, told the publication.
An extradition request must first include an evidence brief to be produced in court as part of a criminal prosecution.
That brief will be passed on to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus which will then be shared to Indian officials through diplomatic channels.
A similar request was granted by Indian officials for the extradition of Rajwinder Singh, an n citizen of Indian origin, in January 2023.
Singh is accused of stabbing Toyah Cordingley, 24, to death while she walked her dog on a beach in Queensland in October 2018.
He was brought back to and is awaiting trial on July 22, 2024.
Investigators have said they want to speak with Mr Varikuppala in regards to the death (pictured, police at the home)
The husband took their toddler to India with him and dropped them off to Ms Madhagani’s family where he allegedly admitted to killing her by strangulation
Daily Mail previously revealed that two people allegedly burgled the family’s home and stole a car just four days before the mother’s she was found dead.
Police subsequently arrested a man and a woman at a property on Kiely Avenue in Werribee at about 1pm on March 13 and found a vehicle taken from the Point Cook address.
A police spokesperson revealed investigators ‘do not believe the burglary is connected to the current Homicide Squad investigation linked to this property’.
Friends have since described Ms Madhagani as ‘a perfect woman and a perfect mother’ who lived for her young son.
Ms Madhagani would often cook and share food and invited people into her home, friends said.
One neighbour said he was in ‘disbelief’ at the news and that his son had attended a birthday party for the couple’s child.
He had known the family for three years,
‘They are a very good, nice family, I’ve never seen them argue,’ he said.
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