Hannah Foster case: Kohli handed over to UK police

Prime accused in the Hannah Foster murder case, Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, was today handed over to three-member British police team for his extradition to the UK.

New Delhi, July 28 : Prime accused in the Hannah Foster murder case, Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, was today handed over to three-member British police team for his extradition to the UK.

After reaching Britain, Kohli will be taken to a Hampshire police station for questioning.

The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed his extradition to the UK, to stand trial in the case there.

Kohli, a truck driver in Britain, is accused of abducting, raping and killing teenage Hannah in March 2003. He fled from Britain two days after Hannah's body was found, but was nabbed from a remote village bordering Nepal.

Foster's parents, Trevor and Hilary, visited India three times to expedite the extradition process, and had also appealed to the then President A P J Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and former Chief Justice of India Y.K. Sabharwal to cut short the judicial delay.

"We have been so focused on getting this to happen. Now it's actually happening our thoughts turn to a UK trial," Hilary said on Saturday.

ANI