The British police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the unprovoked killing of 23-year-old-Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead on Monday in what could be a hate-crime.

Bidve was visiting Salford in Manchester over Christmas holidays with other Indian students on Monday morning.

One 16-year-old is being questioned by the Greater Manchester Police along with a 17-year-old. The identity of the two teenagers has not been revealed.

Anuj Bidve was with nine other Indian students when he was accosted by two white men, one of whom shot him from point blank range after a very short conversation.

Hailing from Pune, Bidve was a postgraduate student of Microelectronics at Lancaster University and was visiting friends in Manchester during the Christmas holidays with other Indian students when he was gunned down.