Vadodara, March 17: Chief Minister Narendra Modi today expressed “sorrow” and “anguish” over the murder of an NRI student, Tosha Thakker in Australia on March 9.
24-year-old Tosha Thakker was allegedly raped and murdered and her body was found stuffed in a suitcase near a canal in Sydney last week.
Modi while offering his condolences asked the state Resident Commissioner in Delhi to render all possible help to her relatives and co-ordinate with the ministry of external affairs in bringing Tosha’s body to her hometown.
Sydney police has charged neighbour of the victim, 19-year-old Daniel Stani-Reginald of Sri Lankan origin for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing her.
The crime has been described by a senior police officer dealing with the case as a “predatory” act.
Tosha, daughter of a local businessmen Sunil Thakkar, was pursuing her post-graduate course in accountancy in Australia for the last three years.
—-PTI