By our correspondent
Melbourne: The recent stabbing death of Nitin Gupta here has been reported as the first death of an Indian overseas student in Australia. But figures speak otherwise. The SBS Radio Punjabi program recently revealed that more than 30 Indian overseas students died from 2003 to 2009. The figures have been revealed to the program by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) under the Freedom of Information request (FOI).
The Punjabi program broadcast recently by Manpreet Singh says that the deaths were for various reasons (accidents, rail accidents, suicides etc. according to some death certificates issued by the Indian Consulate).The DIAC did not reveal the reasons behind the deaths.
The year wise breakdown of Indian students who died according to the Punjabi program is: 2003-04 (zero), 2004-05 (3), 2005-06 (5), 2006-07 (4), 2007-08 (14) and 2008-09 (6).
Earlier, the DIAC had told the SBS Punjabi program that a total of 183 overseas students died (not a complete list) in Australia from 2003 to 2009.
Hear the relevant program (Was Nitin Garg the first casualty?) live in Punjabi on – http://www.sbs.com.au/punjabi
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Nitin Garg was the victim of a vile murder. The other causes of death mentioned in the article happen to ALL sorts of people every day or are you implying that there are NO deaths in India through these causes? Please don’t confuse a murder with these none suspicious deaths for political point scoring or tabloid reporting.