LONDON: British police on Sunday charged a 20-year-old man with the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot in the head in an apparently unprovoked attack in Manchester.
Kiaran Mark Stapleton had been charged over Monday's shooting of 23-year-old Bidve as he walked into the city centre with Indian friends, Greater Manchester Police announced in a televised statement.
"This remains a complex investigation and the fact we have charged someone does not mean the investigation is complete," said Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley.
"Anuj's family, who are still in India, have been made aware we have charged someone in relation to Anuj's murder," she added.
"We know that the family are extremely distressed that Anuj's body has not yet been returned to them. We have been in close contact with the coroner, who is anxious to release Anuj's body to his family at the earliest possible time."
Five people have been arrested in connection with the shooting.
On Saturday, a 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was bailed until the end of March, but on Sunday his bail was cancelled.
Three others, a 16-year-old boy and two 17-year-old boys, were earlier released on bail pending further inquiries.
Bidve, from the western Indian city of Pune, was studying micro-electronics at Lancaster University in northwest England and had been on a short break in nearby Manchester with eight Indian friends when he was shot.
Police said the students were walking from their hotel in Salford towards the city centre and were in the Ordsall area, Stapleton's home-neighbourhood, when the shooting occurred.
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