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Trinidad extradites Guyanese to US to face murder charges

Aug 16, 2015 News

Guyanese national, Balkumar Singh, was on Friday extradited to the United States of America to face charges for murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, reckless endangerment and related offences.
According to a statement from the Office of the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, Sergeant Herman Narace of local Interpol led a party of police officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service in the prisoner removal exercise.
Singh was handed to US Marshals at the Piarco International Airport, on a flight that departed at 08.45hrs.
Singh is wanted for the 1999 murder of Abzal Khan and assault of Puran Mohammed outside the Masonic Temple in Hicksville, New York.
Singh, 37, a Guyanese-born United States citizen with immigration status in Canada, was being sought by US authorities on charges of murder, assault in the first degree, reckless endangerment, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence. He has 14 convictions in Canada, including assaults and weapons charges, the release said.
He was detained in T&T on March 27 for violating immigration laws, under the name Shauwn Maharaj. Based on information received by local Interpol, the detainee was positively matched as Balkumar Singh, who is also known by the following aliases: Tevin Persaud, Terry Persaud, Kumar Doodnauth, Terry Singh and Sean Maharaj, the release said.
The Magistrates Court consented to Singh being extradited to the US without proceedings, which resulted in the Attorney General signing the approval in late July.
Singh was represented in the courts by Attorney at Law Abigail Roach- Thomas whilst Attorneys at Law Vashist Maharaj, Chris Selochan, Netram Kowlessar- Head of the Central Authority Unit and Kylene Deosingh, represented the requesting the US.
According to the Trinidad’s AG office, this latest extradition stands as another achievement for the Attorney General and the Central Authority in the fight against crime.
“The Attorney General is committed to working with law enforcement agencies in the Caribbean and other international bodies to confront and fight the scourge of crime.”
For this year alone, Trinidad has extradited six persons for charges ranging from murder, sexual offences, drug trafficking, money laundering and fraud.
The extraditions included to the US, United Kingdom and the even St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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