Kin terms Oz killing as racial attack

JAGRAON (LUDHIANA): Twentytwo-year-old Nitin Garg, hailing from Jagraon, who was studying in Australia, had often been repudiating reports regarding racial attacks when his family enquired about media reports in this regard. It is an irony that after his killing, allegedly by some Australians on Saturday, his family is suspecting a racial attack on the deceased.
A call at 8 pm on Saturday evening gave Nitin’s family an unexpected jolt as one of his friends informed the family that the young man, who was pursuing his accounts degree at Melbourne, was stabbed by some unidentified local youths while they were trying to snatch a mobile from him. Nitin, who had been studying in Australia for the last three years, had gone to Melbourne on December 16 last year. Even on Saturday morning, talking to his uncle Varinder, the deceased had told him that everything was well. A few hours after that, some locals allegedly stabbed the youth while he was making his way through a park.
Varinder said since media reports regarding frequent attacks on Indians had been pouring in, they had been asking him about it all. He said every time, he used to refute these reports, asserting that the situation was, on the whole, fine, though sometimes, problem is caused when Indians have a fight with natives.
Now, family of the deceased suspect that a racist attack has taken their son’s life. “There is apparently no other reason for his demise, as he was a very law-abiding and suave boy, who hardly had any enemy,” Varinder added.
Demanding a thorough inquiry in the matter, Varinder said they had approached local MP and Congress leader Manish Tiwari so that the matter was taken up with Union government for getting probe done and the deceased’s body was brought back.