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British cops to visit India, meet Bidves

LONDON: Two officials of the Greater Manchester police are scheduled to fly to India to meet the family of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was killed in an unprovoked attack on Boxing Day in Salford. The investigating team have not yet recovered the murder weapon with which a gunman shot 23-year-old Bidve in the head after a brief conversation in the Ordsall area of Salford on Dec 26. Assistant chief constable Dawn Copley 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 tragic circumstances. "It is important to me personally , and Greater Manchester police, to have someone from the force meet with the family and help support them at this time," she said. "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," the official added chief superintendent Russ Jackson and a family liaison officer will meet the family in India.