PM Narendra Modi raised India's concern over the brutal killing of an Indian-origin bus driver with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull. The 29-year-old Manmeet Alisher, was burned to death in front of several passengers in Brisbane when a man poured some flammable liquid on him.

A Prime Minister’s Office statement said that, PM Modi telephoned Turnbull to wish him on Indian festival Diwali and also conveyed a “sense of concern being felt in India over the recent brutal killing of Mr. Manmeet Alisher, a person of Indian origin, in Australia.”

A well-known singer in the Punjabi community, Alisher was targeted by a man who poured an “incendiary device” at him which sparked a fire, when he was driving a Brisbane City Council bus.

The driver died on the spot while, many passengers managed to escape through the rear door.

Australian PM Turnbull expressed shock at the killing of Indian-origin driver and also conveyed to Modi that the matter is being probed.

The statement added, Prime Minister Modi reiterated his invitation to Premier Turnbull for a visit to India in 2017.

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- Nandini