Anuj Bidve, 23, was shot in the side of the head as he walked with friends near their hotel in Salford, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of the morning.
Five people have now been arrested over the incident.
Chief Superintendent Kevin Mulligan, divisional commander for Salford, said today: "We have not established a clear motive for the senseless murder of Anuj, and there is no definitive evidence pointing to it being racially-motivated.
"However, we are treating this as a hate crime based on the growing perceptions within the community it was motivated by hate."
Speaking at a press conference at Greater Manchester Police headquarters, he added: "What we are saying is we do not know whether it's racially motivated or not. But by definition we need to treat any incident of this kind where there is a perception that race is involved or hate is involved and categorise it as a hate incident."
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