He first claimed Australia is racist and now he claims he is being hounded like a ‘killer terrorist’.
Hit-and-run convict Puneet Puneet, who fled to India after running down 19-year-old Dean Hoftsee in Melbourne in 2008, has reportedly told in New Delhi that Australia is hounding him like a killer terrorist.
“Authorities in Australia see me as a terrorist, which actually I am not," Puneet told The Herald Sun, outside Delhi’s Patiala House court on Saturday at his latest hearing.
“If instead of me it would have been an Australian guy in my place, I am sure the case would have been different," he added.
“I have apologised to the family and am ready to apologise to them again if it really matters to them.”
Puneet Puneet is fighting his extradition case in New Delhi.
On Saturday, the case was adjourned again to November 6.
The Chief metropolitan magistrate Gurmeen Kaur said, “Your main lawyer continuously demands adjournment of the case, which is unacceptable."
"I am warning you that this is the last time I am accepting your adjournment."
Puneet’s lawyer has earlier told the court that Australia is racist and presented two witnesses to support his case.
Puneet's lawyer says his client is receiving treatment for kidney disease and supplied this photo. Source: Photo by ABC
He also claims his health is deteriorating.
On October 1, 2008, a then 19-year-old Puneet was drunk and speeding along City Rd in Southbank when he killed Queensland student Dean Hofstee, 19, and seriously injured Clancy Coker, 20.
He pleaded guilty to culpable driving, but fled Australia while on bail in 2009 using a friend’s passport.
Puneet remained a fugitive for four years until his arrest in November 2013 in Panipat, India, on his wedding day.
He was bailed, on a $4000 bond, in May 2015.
