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Anuj Bidve murder: Teenager bailed until March 2012 Anuj Bidve murder: Police to fly to India
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A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal shooting of Indian student Anuj Bidve has been bailed pending further inquiries. Two police officers are to fly to India to meet the family of 23-year-old murder victim Anuj Bidve who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day.
He has been bailed until the end of March 2012. A 20-year-old man remains in police custody for questioning. Chief Supt Russ Jackson and a family liaison officer will meet Mr Bidve's family and representatives of the Indian authorities.
The Lancaster University student was shot in the head by a white man in Salford on Boxing Day. The father of the Lancaster University student was critical of police after learning of his son's death on Facebook
A £50,000 reward has been offered by Greater Manchester Police to find the killer of the 23-year-old. A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and has been bailed.
A 20-year-old man remains in police custody for questioning.
A £50,000 reward has been offered by Greater Manchester Police to find the student's killer.
Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley, of GMP, said: "Our family liaison officers are in regular contact with Anuj's family but passing information and updates over the phone is not the best way to communicate in such difficult and tragic circumstances.
"It is important to me personally, and Greater Manchester Police, to have someone from the force meet with Anuj's family at the earliest opportunity and help support them at this time.
"Having conversations face-to-face is absolutely the right thing to do. We will of course also provide whatever support we can throughout the family's forthcoming trip to the UK."
No clear motive
Mr Bidve was in a group of nine male and female Indian students who were visiting Greater Manchester during the holidays.Mr Bidve was in a group of nine male and female Indian students who were visiting Greater Manchester during the holidays.
The students, who had not been drinking, were walking through Ordsall from their hotel towards the city centre at about 01:30 GMT when they became aware of two men on the other side of the street. The students were walking through Ordsall from their hotel towards the city centre at about 01:30 GMT when a man walked across the road and started talking to Mr Bidve.
The gunman, a man 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 in the side of the head. Moments later he produced a gun and shot the student at close range in the side of the head.
The killer ran back across the street before he and the other man fled on foot towards Asgard Drive and the Ordsall housing estate. The killer and another man fled on foot towards Asgard Drive and the Ordsall housing estate.
Mr Bidve, who was studying for a postgraduate qualification in micro-electronics, was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.Mr Bidve, who was studying for a postgraduate qualification in micro-electronics, was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.
Police have not established a clear motive for the murder.Police have not established a clear motive for the murder.
However, while there is no definitive evidence pointing to it being racially-motivated, a police spokesman has said officers are treating it as a hate crime "based on the growing perceptions within the community".However, while there is no definitive evidence pointing to it being racially-motivated, a police spokesman has said officers are treating it as a hate crime "based on the growing perceptions within the community".