Teenagers Arrested For Murder Of Indian Student

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[b] [size=3]Two teenagers aged 16 and 17 have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Lancaster University student Anuj Bidve.[/size][/b]


The two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the shooting of an Indian student as he visited a city with friends.

Greater Manchester Police said a 16-year-old boy was arrested today on suspicion of murder, following the arrest of a 17 year old this morning.

A spokesman for GMP said: "The 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder after a warrant was executed in the Salford area the early hours of today.

"He remains in custody for questioning."

Anuj, who was studying a micro-electronics postgraduate qualification at Lancaster University, was part of a group of nine male and female Indian students who were visiting Manchester for a short break over the Christmas holidays.


police said the students, who had not been drinking, were walking from their hotel towards the city centre and became aware of two men on the other side of the street.
The gunman, a white male in his 20s who was wearing a grey top, walked across the road and engaged the victim in a short conversation before producing the gun and shooting the student at close range to the side of the head.
The killer then ran back across the street before the pair fled on foot towards Asgard Drive and the Ordsall housing estate.
Armed response units were sent to the scene at around 1.35am.
Anuj, from Pune, Maharashtra, collapsed to the ground and died at hospital a short time later.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it was an "awful" attack and pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the hunt for the killer.
Chief Superintendent Kevin Mulligan, divisional commander for Salford, said yesterday a racial motive for the killing was not being ruled out, adding: "We are investigating every possible aspect."