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In a damage-control exercise, the Brumby government has
announced a slew of measures to curb the attacks, but there is
a feeling that not enough has been done as the offenders have
been leniently dealt with by the law.
Brumby also claimed that Victoria has the toughest
anti-knife regime in Australia. "Victoria Police investigates
all matters reported to them equally, and the justice system
deals with all people equally."
Over 100 incidents of attacks on Indians, including
racial, have come to light since May last year in Australia.
21-year-old student Nitin Garg, who was stabbed to death here,
was the first victim of such assaults this year.
Police were also scrambling to crack the case of the
unnatural death of three-year-old Indian boy Gurshan, whose
body was found on Thursday six hours after his disappearance
from a house rented by his parents in a Melbourne suburb.
With Indians being seen as soft targets, Victorian police
chief Simon Overland had recently come up with an advice
asking them to "look poor" to avoid attacks.
Despite criticism of Overland's remarks by the community
members and student bodies, Brumby stood by his top cop. "I
understand that Police Commissioner Overland's remarks were
taken out of context."
"Overland was reflecting the common sense advice given
by both Australian and Indian governments to students and
others coming to Australia – not to ostentatiously display
expensive items, avoid dark and lonely places late at night,"
he said. PTI