Australia condemns offensive cartoon

The picture showed a person in a Ku Klux Klan hood wearing a Victoria Police badge,with a caption that said: we are yet to ascertain the nature of the crime. The Klan is an infamous white supremacist hate group that had much influence in America during late 19th and early 20th century.

Gillard said she had not seen the cartoon,but believed it would be deeply offensive.

Any suggestion of the kind is deeply offensive and I would condemn the making of such comment, she said,adding that the police were doing an outstanding job in cracking down on crime and increasing Indian students safety.

The Victorian Police have stepped up policing in difficult hotspots in Victoria where they have seen a number of violent incidences. They have worked in close collaboration with representatives of the Indian community as they have gone about with this step-up in policing, she said.

Police Association Secretary Greg Davies said it was highly offensive to suggest that the police were not properly investigating the murder.