NEW DELHI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took up with Australian Premier Malcolm Turnbull the issue of the brutal death of an Indian-origin bus driver in Brisbane.
Modi called up Turnbull and conveyed to him 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 Indian Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
The Australian prime minister expressed shock at the killing and conveyed to Modi that the matter is being investigated, it added.
The 29-year old bus driver, also an aspiring singer, Alisher, died in Brisbane Friday when a man hurled an incendiary device at him and set him on fire in front of other passengers. The alleged attacker has been reportedly arrested.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said Saturday that her ministry would take up the matter at the highest level with the Australian government. "We will take this up at the highest level in the Australian Government. Our heartfelt condolences," she tweeted.
