The body of Ranjodh Singh, who hailed from Punjab, has been released by the coroner and arrangements are being made to return it to India, police said.
Australian police have appealed to public to help it solve the murder case of 25-year old Indian youth Ranjodh Singh even as it said arrangements are being made to send his body, which was found in a partially-burnt state in New South Wales last month, to his native place.
Police are particularly interested in hearing from anyone with information about activity in and around a car wash in Yambil Street, Griffith, in early hours of December 29 when Singh's body was found after unidentified assailants killed him by slashing his throat and stabbing him multiple times before setting him ablaze.
The body of Singh, who hailed from Punjab, has been released by the coroner and arrangements are being made to return it to India, police said.
"We're appealing for anyone who may have attended the car wash, or who may have witnessed any persons using the car wash facilities during the early hours of Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, to come forward," police officer Paul Smith was quoted by AAP as saying.
Investigators are also keen to hear from anyone who travelled on the Country Link bus between Griffith and Wagga Wagga on that morning, he said.
Smith also asked for help to identify a distinctive red 1996 Ford Falcon that was seen in Griffith and Wagga Wagga areas around the time of Singh's death, the report said. Singh's burnt body was found beside Wilga Road, Willbriggie, in the Riverina area of southwest NSW. He was a seasonal contract worker living in Wagga Wagga and had been visiting Griffith at the time of his death.
Earlier media reports said that two men, believed to have been employed by Singh, had their passports seized at Sydney Airport as they were about to board a flight to Nepal via Singapore.
The pair were questioned at Mascot police station but later released without charge after being forced to hand in their passports.
Detectives believe Singh may have been murdered in a fight over unpaid wages at a Christmas party two days before his murder, the report said.
A post-mortem examination revealed his throat had been slashed and he had suffered multiple stab wounds before he was
bound and set alight in an effort to conceal his identity, Fairfax reported.
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