[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-16337361

A teenager has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a 23-year-old student from India in an "unprovoked attack" in Salford.

The suspect, 17, is being held after Anuj Bidve was shot at close range in the early hours of Monday.

Mr Bidve was with nine students, all Indians, when they were approached by two men in Ordsall Lane.

Following a "very short" conversation, one of the men pulled out a handgun and shot the Lancaster University student.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the suspect was detained in the early hours after a warrant was executed in the Salford area.

A post-mortem examination has revealed Mr Bidve died as a result of "gun trauma" to the head.

Police have not confirmed what was said during the short conversation between the killer and his victim.

Detectives are continuing to make house-to-house inquiries and are reviewing CCTV footage.

Mr Bidve's brother-in-law Rakesh Sonawane, 30, speaking from the family's home town of Pune in Maharashtra, said the family had "lost faith in everything".

"Anuj had been very happy," said Mr Sonawane. "It was his dream to go to the UK but unfortunately his dream could not last longer than three months."

Mr Bidve, who had arrived in the UK in September after completing an electronics degree at Pune University, had planned to return to India "to serve his nation" following his postgraduate studies in Lancaster.

Mr Bidve's father, Subhash, has called on the UK government to speed up the process of returning Anuj's body to India.

The family said it had tried to contact the Indian High Commission in London but the office was closed for Christmas.

Greater Manchester Police said a group of male and female students - who had been spending Christmas at a nearby hotel - made witness statements about his killing.

Lancaster University has confirmed Mr Bidve was a postgraduate student who was studying micro-electronics.

What a waste of what would have been a socially useful and hopefully happy life .....

His young friends, too, will have to live with the images of the shocking incident for the rest of their lives .....