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Texas Arrestee Extradited to Ontario in Elnaz Hajtamiri Assault Case

The extradition advances the Richmond Hill assault case tied to the broader search for Elnaz Hajtamiri.

Overview

  • York Regional Police say 25-year-old Sukhpreet Singh was returned to York Region this week and is in custody.
  • Singh faces charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence stemming from the 2021 parking-garage attack in Richmond Hill.
  • Members of the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Singh in Texas in June, and he was charged in August before being transferred to Canada.
  • His case raises the number of people charged across the investigation to eight following earlier arrests in 2022 and 2023.
  • The search for Hajtamiri, abducted from Wasaga Beach on January 12, 2022, remains active with a CAD 100,000 reward for information.