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PM Modi calls Malcolm Turnbull, takes up killing of Indian-origin bus driver

| | Oct 31, 2016, at 01:02 am
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday telephoned Malcolm Turnbull, the Prime Minister of Australia, to wish him Diwali greetings.

He also raised the issue of the death Indian driver Manmeet Alisher in Australia.

"Prime Minister Modi also conveyed a sense of concern being felt in India over the recent brutal killing of Mr. Manmeet Alisher, a person of Indian origin, in Australia," the MEA said in a statement.

Prime Minister Turnbull expressed shock at the killing and conveyed that the matter is being investigated.

Modi reiterated his invitation to Prime Minister Turnbull for a visit to India in 2017.

An Indian origin Australian bus driver was killed after a man set him on fire on Friday, media reports said.

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