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Pune: Family and friends bid Anuj Bidve goodbye

CNN-IBN | Posted on Jan 07, 2012 at 09:11pm IST

New Delhi: The last rites of murdered student Anuj Bidve were performed in Pune on Saturday evening. Bidve's body was brought back earlier in the day by his parents from the UK.

The Bidves had flown to the UK to bring back his body. Twenty three-year-old Bidve was shot dead in Salford in Manchester on Boxing Day.

Bidve's parents visited the spot where he was shot dead, in Salford, on Friday. His father has appealed to the police for justice.

Pune: Family and friends bid Anuj Bidve goodbye

The last rites of the 23-year-old student were performed in Pune on Saturday evening.

One local, a 20-year old man, who calls himself Psycho Stapleton, has been charged with Bidve's murder, in what the UK police have called a motiveless crime.

Bidve was a student at Lancaster University. His family say they have been deeply moved by the support they have got.

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