Five months after his murder in Oz, Indian`s body cremated

Natasha Chaku
Melbourne, Mar 11 (PTI) After months of waiting, the
body of a 33-year-old Indian businessman which was found
dumped near New South Wales border last October, has been
cremated by his family here at a memorial ceremony.
Pradeep Kumar went missing in September last year from
Mildura and after NSW police launched a special strike force
to probe into it, his body was found dumped in grass by the
side of Old Euston Road, in Gol Gol, on the NSW border.
A brother and an uncle of Kumar, who hailed from
Patiala in Punjab, had flown in to perform the last rites in
Springvale where his body was cremated on Wednesday.
Kumar's uncle A Sharma told PTI that his nephew was a
religious man and had no animosity with anyone.
Kumar's body was brought back to Melbourne with the
help of Federation of Indian Association of Victoria president
Vasan Srinivasan, Sharma said, adding that he came to know
about Kumar's death through media reports on internet.
No one contacted us in relation to the incident till
then, he said.
Kumar was last seen on September 22 last year, when he
failed to keep a business appointment at Mildura library. His
body was found at Monak, 35 km south of Mildura near the New
South Wales-Victoria border on October 6. MORE PTI