The mistress of a man whose pregnant wife was murdered in India has been questioned by Australian Federal Police as they continue to investigate her mysterious death.
Gold Coast nurse Ravneet Kaur, 29, went missing from the village of Bagge Ke Pipal on the Pakistan-India border while on holiday with her four-year-old daughter on March 14.
Her body was found 200km away in the Bhakra Canal on March 25.
Ms Kaur’s husband, businessman Jaspreet Singh, was in Australia at the time but local police allege he was having an affair and arranged the murder with his mistress Kiranjeet Kaur.
Mr Singh, Kiranjeet and two other people have been charged in India with conspiracy and murder and are facing extradition, according to the ABC.
Ravneet Kaur’s (left) husband, businessman Jaspreet Singh (right), was in Australia at the time of her alleged killing but local police allege he was having an affair and arranged the murder with his mistress
Mr Singh and his alleged mistress Kiranjeet Kaur have been charged in relation to the alleged conspiracy to kill Ms Kaur (pictured)
Indian police have alleged Ms Kaur was speaking with her husband on the phone when she was grabbed off the street.
Kiranjeet Kaur was interviewed by federal agents at the Surfers Paradise police station on Friday, the Courier-Mail reported.
Australian Federal Police refused to confirm whether they had spoken to Kiranjeet Kaur, but said they had ‘been in regular contact with its Indian counterparts.’
Punjab police inspector Mohit Dhawan said four people have been charged in relation to Ms Kaur’s death and there were discussions with the Australian High Commission about extraditing Singh to India, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
‘The maximum punishment for this offence is the death penalty, that’s on the prosecutor and the judge,’ he said.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in India but has only been carried out five times since 1995. It is done by hanging by the neck until death.
Ravneet Kaur went missing from the village of Bagge Ke Pipal on the Pakistan-India border on 14 March. Her body was found on Monday night in a canal 200km away in Lehragaga
Australia has a long-standing policy of not allowing people who are facing the death penalty to be extradited.
One of the people charged in relation to Ms Kaur’s death has denied being involved.
Australian Federal Police officers are expected to travel to Punjab to meet with Indian authorities.
Gold Coast police sources said they have not communicated with Indian police or Interpol in relation to the case.
One of the people being investigated by police reportedly went to the Surfers Paradise police station on Wednesday before leaving.
An Attorney-General’s Department spokesman said they would not comment on the case.
‘As a matter of longstanding practice the Australian Government does not comment publicly on extradition matters, including whether it has received an extradition request, until the person is arrested or brought before a court pursuant to a request,’ the spokesman said.
Ms Kaur, 29, who was pregnant, arrived in India on February 27 to visit her friends and family with her four-year-old daughter.
The Indian-born woman was meant to return on March 22.
Ms Kaur had been employed at Tricare in the Gold Coast and was described as a devoted worker and mother and was reportedly expecting a son.
Police have alleged Mr Singh was wanting to move to Canada with his mistress, who is also an Australian citizen.
Mr Singh denied the allegations in an interview with SBS Punjabi.
‘I don’t know what the basis of all these allegations is,’ he said.
‘I can’t say anything. I will have to go to India and find out what happened. I have no role in this whatsoever.’
Indian authorities have been working with the Australian High Commission in New Dehli, police said.
Inspector Dhawan said an alleged ‘murder conspiracy’ resulted in the kidnap of Ms Kaur (pictured)
At a memorial for Ms Kaur on March 30, family and close friends met at Surfers Paradise to pay tribute to her.
Ms Kaur was remembered as ‘beautiful’ and a ‘saint’ as well as pleasure to work with, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
‘You have no idea how beautiful this lady was, you’d never meet anyone like her.
‘She was a saint. Honest to God, you talk to anyone, they’ll say the exact same thing. Never a bad word, never,’ former colleague Kerrie Hawker said.
The group of mourners gathered at the shore to observe a moment of silence for the slain mum-of-one.
Loved ones were seen weeping while holding colourful flowers which were later thrown into the ocean.