Anuj Bidve's family leave for UK to collect his body

January 03, 2012 11:48

Update on the Anuj Bidve murder. Family members of the slain Indian student will leave for Britain today to claim his body.

Bidve, a micro-electronics student at Lancaster University became on December 26, the latest victim of a hate crime in Greater Manchester.

Bidve was a part of a group of nine Indian students who were staying in a hotel in Manchester over Christmas, while heading towards the city center at around 1 pm they were approached by two white men. Reports indicate one of them asked Bidve the time and when Bidve didn't reply one of the men, removed a handgun and shot him.

Yesterday, a two-member team of the UK police visited the family in Pune to brief them on the circumstances of the tragic incident.

Read the rediff.com story on the murder: Friends, family turn to Facebook for help

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