Modi calls PM about bus death concerns

India's prime minister has told Malcolm Turnbull of his concern about the murder of an Indian bus driver in Brisbane.

Narendra Modi "conveyed a sense of concern being felt in India" about the brutal killing of Manmeet Alisher, the ministry of external affairs said in a statement.

Mr Turnbull had "expressed shock" at the killing, it said of the pair's phone call on Sunday night.