Ex-girlfriends death: Indian held in US

Ninderjit Singh is currently being detained on a provisional arrest warrant.

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US authorities have arrested an Indian national,who featured on the Americas Most Wanted TV show,in Los Angeles over the 1999 slaying of his teenage former girlfriend in Canada.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday said 33-year-old Ninderjit Singh,also a green card holder of Canada,was arrested by the federal authorities Friday.

Singh,who works as a long-haul truck driver,is currently being detained on a provisional arrest warrant,the first step toward extradition to Canada.

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Singhs capture marks the culmination of a manhunt that began in 1999 with the shooting death of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Poonam Randhawa in Vancouver,ICE said. According to investigators with the Vancouver Police Department,Randhawa was last seen in a vehicle with Singh near her school. Her body was found a short time later on a nearby street.

His case was featured on Americas Most Wanted in July 2000,which had generated a number of leads. The break in the long-running search came,ICE said,within the last two weeks after local Homeland Security agents received information from the Vancouver Police Department indicating Singh might be in Los Angeles.

On Friday morning,California Highway Patrol officers pulled Singhs big rig over in Irvine,California,and issued him a ticket.

After confirming Singhs identity with the Vancouver Police Department,local officers moved in to make the arrest, ICE said.