Melbourne, June 18: A day after arresting and charging an Australian teenager in connection with the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg, Victorian police today apprehended another boy in the same case.
According to a police statement today, Homicide Squad detectives arrested and charged another teenager aged 16 from Yarraville suburb over the stabbing of Garg.
Police said the boy has been charged with accessory to murder and has been bailed to appear at a Children’s Court at a date to be set.
The boy, who was not identified for legal reasons, replied “okay” after the magistrate outlined the schedule of dates for his case.
Police yesterday arrested and charged a 15-year-old Australian boy with the murder of Garg.
The breakthrough in the high-profile case, which threatened to derail India-Australia ties, came when the homicide detectives knocked on the doors of the boy’s Melbourne home last morning.
–PTI