Melbourne: Australian police have released CCTV video of Indian student Nitin Garg moments before he was stabbed by assailants.
The 21-year-old Indian was the first victims to die in the many racist attacks against the community in Australia.
Now the hunt for his killers has intensified.
The CCTV video shows Garg, who was stabbed in Australia on January 2, entering the Yarraville train station in Melbourne and walking onto the platform before waiting to catch a train.
He was walking on the path in a park towards Hungry Jacks restaurant where he working part time, when he was stabbed by unidentified assailants.
He staggered to his restaurant only to die there.
The Victoria police now plan to reconstruct the events surrounding his death.
"We would hope that any person who hasn't provided information or hasn't come forward yet, it may jog something in their mind and they would then contact the police in relation to that," said
Detective Senior Sergeant David Snare,
Police had earlier claimed there is no evidence to suggest Nitin's murder was racially motivated. But that hasn't cut much ice with Indians living in the country.
"I sincerely hope they know what they are doing. Because of all the publicity and the media, the whole world is watching this case very closely," said Federation of Indian Students spokesperson Gautam Gupta.
The renewed vigour in investigation comes even as a diplomatic war of words is on between the two countries.
Earlier this month, India had even warned that it may stop students from going to Australia if racist attacks continue.
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