A 22-year-old MTech student from Haryana’s Karnal was stabbed to death in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday. The victim, identified as Navjeet Sandhu, moved to Australia on a student visa two years ago in November 2022.
According to a report by Times of India, the murder is suspected to have stemmed from student rivalry, implicating two brothers from Haryana who are currently on the run.
“I received a call at around 2 am on Sunday from Navjeet’s friends. They told us that he had been killed.We had spoken to him on Saturday…,” TOI quoted his uncle in Karnal as saying.
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Navjeet’s father, Jitender Sandhu, a farmer, said one Sharvan Kumar left his room after a fight with his roommates and went to Navjeet’s flat. The angry roommates called up Sharvan at night asking him to vacate the room.
As per the victim’s father, Sharvan asked Navjeet to accompany him. “On reaching the place, Sharvan’s roommates attacked him with knives. They attacked Navjeet and stabbed him thrice in the chest. Navjeet died on the way to the hospital,” he said.
Jitender has appealed to the Indian government to assist in repatriating his son’s body.