Australia on Monday assured India that the perpetrators of the fatal knife attack on an Indian woman IT professional in a Sydney suburb will be brought to justice and a special detective squad has been assigned to probe the “brutal and cowardly” assault. The assurance to probe the attack on 41-year-old Prabha Arun Kumar with utmost seriousness was given by New South Wales (NSW) Premier Mike Baird during a telephonic conversation with Sanjay Sudhir, Consul General of India in Sydney.
The NSW police has launched a probe following the stabbing of Prabha, who was on the phone with her husband in India, when the attack happened on Saturday in Westmead. The detective squad — Strike Force Marcoala — which comprises of police from Parramatta local Area Command and State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad has been formed to investigate the death.
NSW Premier Baird condemned the assault and expressed confidence that the police will bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice. “I was shocked and horrified to hear about the attack on Prabha Arun Kumar”, he added.