Australia police in racist e-mail sting

Police officers in Victoria in Australia have been caught joking about a video which shows an Indian passenger on the roof of a train getting electrocuted as he touches the high-tension wires.

In a sting conducted by Australian newspaper the Herald Sun, police officers circulated this gory video and joked that it could be a way to fix Melbourne's Indian student problem.

In fact, some of the force's highest-ranked officers have been implicated in the scandal, which also involves pornographic material.

Chief Commissioner Simon Overland described the emails as "disturbing, offensive and gross".

Fifteen officers will be dealt with at disciplinary hearings in the next fortnight.