Police seeks to question Rajneesh Joga suspect

Melbourne, Aug 10: Melbourne police is seeking to medically reassess and question a 20-year-old man accused of killing an Indian part-time taxi driver by throwing him from his car.

The suspect Eilyup Zaim was deemed to be unfit for questioning, yesterday, and kept in police custody. He could be, according to a Melbourne police spokeswoman, charged later today for killing Rajneesh Joga.

The victim, 27-year-old man from Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, was pursuing Masters in Accountancy at Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Police said the part time taxi driver was ''in wrong place at wrong time'' on Tuesday night when he picked up Eilyup Zaim who allegedly bashed Rajneesh and tried to hijack his taxi pushing him out of the moving taxi in east suburban Donvale.

Rajneesh Joga reportedly suffered fatal head and chest injuries.

Eilyup Zaim was arrested from the crime scene as three men wrestled him to ground and kept him under ''public arrest'' till police arrived.

According to media reports, the accused Eilyup Zaim was under the influence of the illegal drug ''ice''.

It is believed the accused was being chased by police for stealing another car. The police reportedly abandoned the chase on Springvale Road when the stolen car jumped few red traffic lights.

The accused himself got injured when he was hit by another car in an effort to get away from the chasing police.

The killing has once again led to calls for more security for the Melbourne taxi drivers from violent passangers. A large number of these drivers in the capital city of Victoria happen to be South Asian students studying in various Victorian institutes.

UNI