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Anger at funeral of Indian student
AMRIT DHILLON AND SUSHI DAS IN NEW DELHI
January 11, 2010
Farewell … relatives of Nitin Garg at his funeral in Jagraon yesterday. Photo: Reuters
THERE were scenes of grief mixed with anger at the funeral of Nitin Garg at his home in Jagraon in the northern Indian state of Punjab yesterday, as well over 600 people came to pay their last respects.
Women, including Mr Garg's mother, wept and wailed loudly. Male relatives and family friends tried to console the women while also trying to maintain some semblance of order as the mourners pushed to touch his coffin.
A picture of Mr Garg on his graduation day lay on top of the coffin at his home.
''How can such a young boy, who had his whole life in front of him, be murdered like a dog?'' said an uncle, Avtar Singh.
There were also calls for action. ''All we want is that no other family should suffer this loss and that no other Indian student in Australia should lose his life,'' said another uncle, Satish Kumar. ''The Indian Government must act to stop this madness.''
Mr Garg, 21, died after he was stabbed in Melbourne's western suburbs nine days ago while walking through a park to his workplace late at night.
Police are investigating an attack on another Indian man, Jaspreet Singh, 29, who is in a serious condition in a Melbourne hospital with burns to 15 per cent of his body. Mr Singh said he was doused with petrol and set alight by a group of four males after he parked his car near his home in Essendon about 2am on Saturday. There was no evidence the attack was racially motivated, police said.
Yesterday the Indian Government called for increased efforts to curb violent attacks and an end to the exploitation of students in Australia by dodgy colleges and greedy employers.
The Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, said Australia should also crack down on unscrupulous college operators, and employers who paid students less than the minimum wage.
He said Australian police were quick to arrest students for visa violations, such as working more than the allowed 20 hours a week during term time, but did little to catch those exploiting them.
''If the Government can be so strict in arresting the students who work more than 20 hours because they are violating the law, why can't they arrest the employer who is not paying the minimum wage?''
Mr Ravi also said the Government was trying to ''control'' the numbers of students enrolling at dodgy Australian colleges just so they could apply for permanent residency. He did not elaborate.
Student visa applications from India fell by nearly half between July and October compared with the corresponding period in 2008.
The Herald revealed last year that senior Australian government officials were concerned about widespread rackets among private trade colleges undermining Australia's education, immigration and employment systems.
More than 500 Indian nationals were refused student visas in the three months to September because of bogus financial documents, said the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
The acting Trade Minister, Simon Crean, said he was pleased the Indian Government had urged its media to show restraint when alleging racial motivation for violence against Indians in Australia.
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Overall I think its a good thing that the government is cracking down on these dodgy colleges. The better "qualified" people we get into this country, the lesser incident like this would happen. It also goes with having people with better "attitude" with life and not just trying to "scam" a living off the government/country. Don't come to Australia if you can't afford it, we don't need people that KpKb all day. I'll say again that the PRCs student here have no problems and cause lesser problems then these Ah nehs.
