Oz: Indian student may get 600,000 for arbitrary detention

An Indian student,who was detained in 2004 by the Australian immigration authorities for violating visa rules,is likely to get a whopping compensation of 600,000 Australian dollars after the countrys human rights body termed his detention as arbitrary.

Prashant Cherkupalli,31,was detained in late 2004 by Australias Department of Immigration and Citizenship for working at a bakery in Western Sydney despite having no work condition on his visa.

Cherkupalli,a student of Masters degree in Engineering,had spent nearly 18 months in south-western Sydneys Villawood Immigration Detention Centre before he was released in April 2006. Since then he has been living on bridging visas there. He had lodged a case with the Australian Human Rights Commission.