India, Oct. 19 -- An Indian-origin couple's cafe in Melbourne, Australia was severely damaged in a suspected arson attack targeting a neighbouring tobacco shop. Ashish Sharma and Manali Purohit had poured their life savings into And Bodega, a vegan cafe that they inaugurated in July. Last week, much of their cafe was destroyed in a firebombing attack.

The couple had spent over $100,000 and more than five months renovating the property in Melbourne's Fitzroy North, buying some of the furniture second-hand.

"We opened And Bodega in July after 5 months of DIY renovations, an enormous amount of physical work, and pouring more than $100,000 of our life savings into creating the place we'd always dreamed of," they said in a GoFundMe page crea...