India dismayed over new attacks in Australia

“….In view of the latest incidents reported today,EAM (External Affairs Minister) is likely to raise this issue once again with the Australian Foreign Minister later today on the margins of the meetings in London,” she said.

Krishna had met Smith on Wednesday and had conveyed that these attacks are particularly worrisome as the Indian community members appeared to have been singled out and it was becoming increasingly difficult to accept these attacks as mere opportunistic crimes devoid of any racial motives.

He also impressed upon Smith that there has been no visible progress so far in most of the investigations into previous attacks including in the fatal murder of 21-year-old Nitin Garg earlier this month.

It was the responsibility of the Australian authorities to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to book at the earliest and immediately put effective measures into practice to prevent any further attacks,Krishna had said.

Smith had informed Krishna that a high-level Working Group had been set up under his overall charge to deal on an urgent basis with this issue.

Kaur said meanwhile,the Indian High Commissioner in Australia is currently visiting Brisbane.

He “is meeting community leaders and members of the Queensland Police authorities to discuss and deal with the recent attacks,and to ensure that remedial measures are urgently undertaken,” she said.