Missing Indian businessman’s body found in Australia

The body believed to be that of Pardeep Kumar,an Indian businessman missing for the past two weeks was found in Victoria state on Tuesday. Kumar,33,was last seen in Mildura Library on September 25 where he went for a business meeting.

Meanwhile,a 28-year old man described by a witness as one of “Indian or Asian appearance” was stabbed in a brawl near Melbourne’s busiest intersections. A Victoria Police spokesman said the victim was taken to the hospital with a non life-threatening single stab wound. He said there were believed to be five attackers of “Asian appearance” involved in the incident who later jumped on a tram heading for Box Hill,the Age newspaper said. Police arrested three suspects.

Meanwhile,the police investigating Kumar’s case,said a witness saw him speaking to two Indians at the library from where he went missing. The body was found at Monak,about 30 km from Mildura in north west Victoria. The body was spotted by a man who happened to stop in the area for lunch,police said.

“Since Pardeep’s been in Australia he has developed himself into a contractor and had around 35 Indian nationals working for him,so he worked on a lot of big fruit blocks in the area… We know that he was here at the library and he did meet someone,” a senior Sergeant was quoted as saying by ABC news.