Washington, July 03: US police have arrested two more teenagers on charges of murdering an Indian computer scientist taking to five total number of suspects held in the case, even as they did not rule out racial bias behind the incident.
49-year-old Divyendu Sinha, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus, was brutally attacked by three teenagers outside his home at Old Bridge in New Jersey last Friday. He succumbed to his injuries on Monday.
The New Jersey police late last night arrested two more boys, one 17 and the other 16. Previously on Monday, three other suspects were arrested. Names of none of the assailants have been released, as they are being treated as juveniles.
–PTI