Australian authorities has condemned the killing of an Indian youth in Melbourne calling his stabbing a heinous crime. 21-year-old Nitin Garg, an accounting graduate, died after he was stabbed on Saturday in West Footscray area. He was the first to die in a slew of attacks on Indians in Australia.<br/><br/>Condemning the attack, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said that people of Melbourne join the people across rest of Australia in unreservedly condemning the incident.<br/><br/>She said that police should now be allowed to carry out their investigation.<br/><br/>Victorian police, meanwhile, denied any racism angle in the killing of the Indian youth, claiming that there was no evidence to suggest it was a racially-motivated attack.