Aus duty bound to probe Indian student murder case: Krishna

Bangalore, Jan 4 (PTI) Asserting that the Australian
government is "duty bound" to probe the fatal stabbing of a
youth of Indian origin at Melbourne and bring the culprits to
book, India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday
said such incidents would vitiate the atmosphere of trust and
cordiality between the two countries.

"Unfortunate incidents like the Indian student killing
(in Melbourne) case will only vitiate the atmosphere of trust,
the atmosphere of belief, the atmosphere of cordiality of the
relationship," he told reporters after paying a "courtesy"
visit to Karnataka Governor H R Bharadwaj.
Krishna said whether it was a racist attack or motivated
by something else "the fact of the matter is that an Indian
student has been murdered and the Australian government is
duty bound and morally bound to go for investigations and then
bring the culprit to book".
"That is the least the Australian government can do and
that is what we expect," he said while replying to a question
on the Australian police claim that it was not a racist
attack.
Asked whether the incident would have a bearing on
Indo-Australian ties, he said the bilateral relationship has
so far been very strong and alluded to three high-level visits
by the Australian political leadership to India and his own
visit to that country last year.
"These are all high-level visits meant to strengthen
bilateral relationship between India and Australia," he said.