A hit-and-run driver who fled to India using a friend's passport after he killed a student in a drunken crash has gone missing days before his extradition to Australia. Puneet Puneet fled to New Delhi while on bail before he could be sentenced for the 2008 death of Queensland student Dean Hofstee in Melbourne. Authorities have been fighting for his extradition to Australia since his 2013 arrest in India but the case has seen several delays. I hope right sense prevails and he returns,' Mr Singhal said. The delays in India were partly caused by the frequent absences and delaying tactics of Puneet's lawyer, Mr Singhal.

Source: Daily Mail June 22, 2020 01:40 UTC