Jagraon (Punjab), January 10: Indian youth Nitin Garg, who was killed by unidentified assailants in Australia, was cremated in his native town today in the presence of a large number of mourners, including an Australian official who assured the family that the guilty will be punished.
21-year-old Nitin’s younger brother Harish lit the funeral pyre in the local cremation ground after his body arrived here this morning from the national capital, where it was brought from Australia last evening.
Emotional scenes were witnessed as the coffin was opened to enable the family to see Nitin’s body for the last time.
The family members wept inconsolably.
Among those who laid wreaths on his body was First Secretary in Australian High Commission Tim Hiengs.
–Agencies