Melbourne, June 17: A-15 year old Australian boy was today charged with the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg, with the police saying there was no racial motive in the killing, which had sent shock waves back home.
The breakthrough in the high-profile case, which threatened to derail India-Australia ties, came with the police arresting the teenaged suspect early this morning.
The teenager who cannot be named was produced before a Children’s Court after his arrest in a Melbourne suburb.
Garg, 21, was stabbed to death while walking to work through a park on January 2, and the incident was one in a series of violent attacks against Indians in Australia.
The crime which came in for strong condemnation both in New Delhi and Canberra, with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna describing it as a “heinous crime on humanity” and “an uncivilised brutal attack on innocent Indians”.
–PTI