Three-year-old Indian boy’s death mystery deepens in Melbourne

MELBOURNE - The mystery behind the death of three-year-old Indian boy Gurshan Singh has deepened despite in depth police interviews lasting several hours with parents and relatives of the toddler.

Gurshan’s body was found on Thursday night at Oaklands Junction, 30 kilometers away from the Lalor home he had been staying in with his parents and several other adults.

It is being claimed that the infant, who was on a three-month vacation in Australia with his parents, vanished while his mother, Hartreet Kaur Channa, was having a shower.

Victoria Police has said that an autopsy has not determined the cause of death, and there was no evidence of violence on his body, which was found fully-clothed in blue jeans and a gray shirt.

Police hoped further testing, including toxicology tests, could provide answers.

In the only clue revealed, a family friend Sim Kaur said the three-year-old had been screaming in the Lalor home because his father, Harjit Singh Channa had gone to the library.

Detectives followed the route from the family home to the Lalor Library, and door-knocked residents along the street looking for anyone who had seen the boy, News.com.au reports.

Investigators are believed to be leaning away from the theory that Gurshan had fallen victim to a random attack.

One possibility is that he died of natural causes and someone panicked and disposed of his body.

The case threatens to further strain relations between India and Australia, which are already tense following a series of allegedly racist attacks against Indian citizens in Melbourne. ANI)