New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday raised with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull India's concern over the brutal killing of a 29-year-old Indian-origin bus driver, who was burned to death when a man poured flammable liquid on him in Brisbane.
Prime Minister Modi telephoned Turnbull to convey Diwali greetings and also conveyed a "sense of concern being felt in India over the recent brutal killing of Mr. Manmeet Alisher, a person of Indian origin, in Australia," a Prime Minister's Office statement here said.
Alisher, a well-known singer in the Punjabi community, was driving a Brisbane City Council bus on Friday when he was targeted by the man who threw an "incendiary device" at him which sparked a fire.
PM speaks to Australian PM Turnbull to convey Diwali greetings, expresses concern over killing of Manmeet Alisher https://t.co/HKJA2n5jFq— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) October 30, 2016
Alisher died on the spot while several passengers on board the bus at the time managed to escape through the rear door.
Prime Minister Modi reiterated his invitation to Turnbull for a visit to India in 2017, the statement said.
Police had earlier said that there was "no apparent motive", including terror or race-related, in the killing of the Indian-origin man.
A 48-year-old man had been taken into custody over the incident.
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