Melbourne, December 31
The Victoria police have arrested three teenaged boys in connection with the attack on Punjabi student Manrajwinder Singh in a Melbourne park in the early hours of Sunday.

The arrests in this case of robbery and serious assault were made from the northern suburbs of the city.

The 16-year-old boy who is charged with serious assault on Manrajwinder was arrested from a train station.

The offender was recognised by officers of the protective services after CCTV footage of the incident — with photos of possible offenders having African appearance — was released to the media.

He has been charged with serious assault and was remanded in custody.

A 17-year-old boy from Sydenham has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury, robbery and theft. He appeared in an out-of-session court and was ordered to appear at the children’s court on January 2.

Another boy of 15 years from Ascotvale suburb is expected to be charged with assault-related offences.

According to a Fairfax report, the police are searching for five persons who are believed to have been involved in the attack.

Manrajwinder Singh, a 20-year-old student from Nangal Kalan village near Mahilpur of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, is still in the ICU. Admitted to Alfred Hospital, he is stable and responding to medicine.