New Delhi: In Australia, the partially burnt body of a 25-year-old - believed to be an Indian immigrant - has been found in New South Wales. The body was found on a roadside near the area of Griffith on January 1, and is yet to be formally identified. However, the police suspect it is of an Indian national.
An Australian Police team is reportedly visiting Punjab to check whether this could Ranjot Singh, a young man who went missing on December 27. The Australian Police team, Australian embassy officials will collect DNA samples of his family to confirm the parenthood of the youth.
"The body has kara and an earring which my brother wore when he went missing. We got a call from Australian Police saying they are coming to Lohra village and to our house to conduct a DNA test on my father," said Ranjot's brother, Satnam Singh.
On Saturday, 21-year-old Indian national Nitin Garg was brutally stabbed to death in Melbourne, days after his birthday.
President of the Federation of Indian Students in Australia, Gautam Gupta said, "This is a shocking news for all of us. It is more brutal attack on Indian students. I hope the police and authorities take strong actions, but till now nothing has really been done. The student community is very upset, but we are receiving support from all quarters of the student community - even from the non-Indian community. The church group also called us and assured us that they will stand by us in this tough time."
Meanwhile, Australia's acting Foreign Minister Simon Crean said there's no evidence the attacks were racially motivated.
"Over the Christmas period there has been a spate of stabbings. This, unfortunately, is a violent threat and a violent tendency that has emerged. It so happens that one of the victims is Indian. There have been other victims. Melbourne is not the only city in the world in which this happens. It also happens in Delhi, it happens in Mumbai, and it is the responsibility of all law enforcement authorities to get on top of those issues," he stated.
Australian authorities insist there is still no evidence that the attack on Nitin Garg was racially motivated, claiming that the country is a safe place for international students and migrants.
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