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Fri, 01/29/2010 - 17:45
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Indian couple, another man detained in murder case in Oz

Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Jan 29 (PTI) After charging an Indian
couple for the brutal murder of Ranjodh Singh whose body was
found half burnt in New South Wales, Australian police Friday
arrested a 25-year-old man for his killing, the third
detention in the case.
Police arrested the man at his home in Wagga Wagga
just after 9 am (local time) and are expected to charge him
with murder of Singh who was found half burnt by the side of a
road in New South Wales.
A husband and wife, both Indian nationals, were
charged with Singh's murder Thursday following their arrest
in Sydney's south.
The husband, 23, was arrested while working at the
Crystal Cafe in Rocky Point Road, Sans Souci, while his
20-year-old wife was picked up from their house.
A motorist found Singh's badly burnt body off Wilga
Road about 20 kilometres south of Griffith in southern NSW, on
December 29.
An autopsy revealed that Singh, 25, who had been
bound and had his throat slashed, had been stabbed many times
and was set alight while still alive.
"It certainly was a very horrific scene," Assistant
Police Commissioner Mark Murdoch said, adding, "Given the
injuries that Singh sustained and given the fact that he was
set on fire [while] still alive … it's probably at the upper
end of the scale in terms of murders." (MORE) PTI

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