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Bhavkiran Dhesi’s boyfriend was a “person of interest” early in the investigation into the 19-year-old’s August 2017 murder.

After almost two years of police work, Harjot Singh Deo, 21, was arrested on Friday at Vancouver International Airport and charged with second-degree murder. Deo remains in custody and his next court date is scheduled for May 27 in provincial court in Surrey.

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Police said that Deo and Dhesi were a couple, but it was unclear whether they were together at the time of Dhesi’s death.

Dhesi’s family last saw her around 9 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2017, when she told them she was going out for a couple of hours. Just over three hours later, the SUV she was driving was found on fire in the 18700-block of 24th Ave. in South Surrey. Emergency crews discovered her body inside.

Over the past 21 months, police have released little information publicly in the case, other than requesting help to find the owners of two vehicles — a dark grey Audi Q7 and a dark grey Dodge Ram — they believed were connected to the murder.