Indian charged with faking racist attack in Australia...

An Indian man who claimed he was set on fire in a racial attack in Australia was actually burnt while torching his car for an insurance claim, police said on Wednesday.

A series of attacks on Indian students in Australia over the past 18 months, which police have said are criminal rather than racially motivated, have strained ties between the two nations and damaged Australia's lucrative foreign student market.

Indian media have slammed Australia as a racist country but Indian nationals have now been charged over two of the most recent attacks. More...

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