The uncle of the victim said on Monday that the 22-year-old MTech student was allegedly fatally stabbed in Australia during a brawl involving some Indian students.
He said that the incident, which happened on Saturday night at approximately nine o’clock local time in Melbourne, also injured one more student.
Navjeet Sandhu was fatally attacked with a knife by another student, according to Yashvir, the victim’s uncle, when he attempted to mediate a fight between a few Indian students regarding a rent dispute.
“Navjeet’s friend (another Indian student) had asked him to accompany him to his house to pick up his belongings as he had a car. While his friend went inside, Navjeet heard some shouts and saw there was a fight. When Navjeet tried to intervene asking them not to fight, he was fatally stabbed in the chest with a knife,” Yashvir, who’ll retire from the Army in July, said.
He added that like Navjeet, the alleged accused also hails from Karnal.
Yashvir said the family got the information about the incident early Sunday morning.
Navjeet’s friend, whom he was accompanying, also sustained injuries in the incident, the uncle of the victim said.
Yashvir said the family is in a state of shock. “Navjeet was a brilliant student and was to join his family in July for vacations,” he said.
According to Yashvir, Navjeet had moved to Australia on a study visa one-and-a-half years ago and his father, who is a farmer, had sold one-and-half acres of their land to fund his education.
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