The husband of an Indian IT professional who was stabbed to death in Australia flew to Sydney from Bengaluru to formally identify the body, a media report said.

Prabha Arun, 41, employed with Bengaluru-based technology firm MindTree, was attacked at Amos Street in western Sydney on Saturday evening.

She was on the phone with her husband Arun Kumar, who lives in Bengaluru with their 10-year-old daughter, when she was stabbed and was around 300 metres from her Westmead home.

She was treated at the scene for stab wounds to her neck from a sharp-edged weapon and later died at Westmead Hospital.

New South Wales (NSW) police have announced that a task force would be set up to investigate the suspected murder, ABC reported.

Homicide Squad Commander Mick Willing dismissed any speculation that the attack may have been racially motivated.

“We have nothing to suggest that this is a racially motivated attack, I want to reassure you of that,” Willing said.

Kumar had reportedly been working a double shift on the day of her death, police said.

Indian Australian Association of NSW president Yadu Singh said the company had a duty to ensure its workers got home safely.