Fugitive deported to Guyana after decade on the run for 2015 Georgetown murder

Kanand Ojha, wanted for the 2015 killing of gay sex worker Noel Luther, was deported from the US to Guyana after over ten years as a fugitive.

Fugitive deported to Guyana after decade on the run for 2015 Georgetown murder

Suspect in 2015 Georgetown murder returned after ten years abroad

Kanand Ojha, wanted for more than a decade in connection with the July 2015 murder of gay sex worker Noel Luther, has been deported from the United States to Guyana, newssourcegy.com reports.

Ojha was arrested in Queens, New York, last year and arrived in Guyana this afternoon. He was handed over to local law enforcement at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport before being transferred on a domestic flight to the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle. Gathered media cameras captured him at Ogle Airport, after which he was taken to the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters.

Originally from Meadow Bank on the East Bank of Demerara, Ojha is one of two prime suspects in the fatal shooting of Luther on the night of 22 July, 2015, on Carmichael Street in Georgetown.

His alleged accomplice, Ron "Andel" Forde, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2017 after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter in connection with the same crime.

A wanted bulletin was first issued for Ojha in July 2019. Authorities in Queens, New York, apprehended him in September of last year, at which point proceedings for his removal from the United States were initiated.

The Guyana Government stated at the time of the arrest that Ojha's capture resulted from sustained collaboration between the Guyana Police Force, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Attorney General's Chambers, and United States authorities under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters framework.

Officials noted that the strengthened relationship between Guyanese and US law enforcement agencies has facilitated cooperation in criminal investigations and the extradition of fugitives to face trial in the jurisdictions where offences were committed.

Source: Google News GY — Crime