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Oz top cop 'guarantees safety' to Nitin Garg's killers | A leading Australian homicide squad detective has said that he will personally guarantee the safety of the person who fatally stabbed Indian student Nitin Garg
if he gives himself up, after the police made a fresh appeal for information about the killing. Detective Inspector Bernie Edwards was appealing to the public for
information on the murder, which occurred in a Melbourne park last Saturday night
as Garg was going to work at the nearby Yarraville Hungry Jack's restaurant. An
information caravan was set up near the site today. Police hope it will lead them
to come up with information. They are particularly interested in finding a person,
wearing a light-coloured top, who jumped into a taxi on Somerville Road, opposite
the Hungry Jack's outlet, around 9.50pm. "A person caught a taxi outside the news
agency opposite Hungry Jack's, and we are appealing for them to come forward,
or any taxi drivers who collected a fare at around the location," Detective Inspector
Edwards told reporters. "We believe that person is a witness ... and may be able
to identify people who were in the park or saw the offence occur." He appealed
to the offender to surrender to police. "If the person who stabbed (Mr Garg) is
listening, we are appealing for that person to come forward," The Herald Sun quoted
Edwards, as saying. "Whether he wants to ring me, my people at Homicide or Crime
Stoppers, I will ensure that person's safety," he added. Despite the furore surrounding
the case, with pressure from the Indian Government for the murderer to be caught
and claims that it was a racist attack, Edwards said Garg's killing remained a
senseless act. "Irrespective of what people have been saying, and all the motives
we have heard about, it is purely and simply a murder - tragic, senseless and
totally unacceptable in our society," he said. The Indian-born 21-year-old university
graduate was stabbed just 100 metres from his workplace when he was attacked about 9.30pm last Saturday night. |
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