Charges have been laid against four individuals allegedly involved in the drowning death of 27-year-old Deepinderjeet Singh during an alleged robbery along the Hobart waterfront on the night of 29 January.
Tributes continue to flow for Singh who is being remembered by many as a "kind and friendly young man".
Singh was sitting on the waterfront with a female friend when they were allegedly pushed into the water, in what police described as an attempt to steal the woman's handbag.
"The woman was rescued, but Deepinder could not swim and he lost his life," Parminderjit Singh from Punjabi Society, Tasmania, said.
"Deepinder belonged to Ludhiana, a town in the northern Indian state of Punjab. He came to Australia for a better future and shifted from Melbourne to Tasmania some time ago.
"He is being remembered as a 'smiling face' and a 'kind, friendly young man' who was a regular visitor at Gurdwara Nanak Darbar in Hobart."
To cover the cost of transporting the victim's body to his family in India, an online fundraising campaign collected more than $28,000, in under nine hours and has since closed.
Manjit Boparai is coordinating the efforts of sending the victim's body to India.
He told SBS Punjabi, "As the community mourns this tragic death, it has sparked hundreds of condolences and tributes".
Mr Boparai thanked the community for helping to collect the donations through the GoFundMe campaign.
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