A $1 million reward has been offered for information that helps solve the nearly decade-old murder of an Indian mother, as authorities desperately search for answers to solve the case.
Prabha Arun Kumar was found dead on a footpath in Parramatta Park, western Sydney, on March 7, 2015.
The 41-year-old was on the phone with her husband Arun in India when she was stabbed in the neck, with Mr Kumar reportedly heard confronting his wife about her attacker.
The NSW government and police announced on Monday the reward for anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.
Mr Kumar, who lived in Bangalore with the couple’s daughter, flew to Australia when he heard of his wife’s death.
She was only a few weeks away from moving back to India because she missed her family members.
“My wife was the most caring and beautiful soul,” Mr. Kumar said at the time.
Prabha Arun Kumar was attacked and killed in Parramatta in March 2015 while walking home from work
The NSW government and police on Monday announced the reward for anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer
Ms Kumar, who lived about 300 meters from where she was killed, moved to Australia in 2012 for a project with technology company Mindtree.
Police said they had pursued multiple lines of inquiry and made several public appeals for information, but the case remains unsolved.
Investigators have previously dismissed the prospect that the attack was racially motivated.
Speaking in the days after the stabbing, then-NSW Premier Mike Baird assured that Indian community authorities would find the killer.
“The people of NSW have a very strong affinity with India and its people and I would like to reassure the people of India that the NSW Government is treating this investigation with the highest possible priority,” he said at the time.
