Indian toddler's parents view boy's body

The parents of the three-year-old boy found dumped in Melbourne's northern suburbs
have cancelled their flight home to India, as they said goodbye to their son on
Saturday.

The grieving couple left a cousin's home in Thomastown on Saturday morning and were
accompanied by the Indian consul general as they drove to the Coroner's Court to
view their son's tiny body.
It was an emotional day for the family as they mourned the loss of little Gurshan
Singh, with no further word on how or why the tragedy occurred.
Police say further forensic tests are needed after an autopsy came back as
inconclusive.
Investigators are not releasing if they have any suspects in the suspicious death at
this time.
The couple spent an hour viewing his body. His mother, Harpreet Kaur Channa,
returned about 2pm (AEDT) on Saturday in tears and was comforted by two crying
relatives.
They walked past a tiny memorial outside the home where local children have placed
stuffed animals.
"My heart feels so heavy and sad for you and your little boy. May this monster be
caught and dealt with swiftly," said one note placed next to a dozen flowers.
Gurshan vanished from the house where he was staying with his parents in David
Street, Lalor, on Thursday afternoon.
His mother had been in the shower while housemate Ajay Pathania was at the nearby
library with the boy's father.
"We got a call from his mother and we didn't know where the boy was," Mr Pathania
said on Saturday.
He ran down David Street with the boy's father, Harjit Singh, and then jumped in
their vehicle and drove around the laneways and nearby streets but couldn't find
him.
"The police were here quickly," he told AAP.
Another housemate has said the boy had been screaming that afternoon because they
had left for the library without him.
"He stopped shouting and I thought, what happened?" Sim Kaur, who had been doing
laundry that afternoon, said on Friday.
The boy's body was found six hours later about 20 kilometres away, fully clothed,
with no visible injuries.
Police will return to that scene, at the intersection of St Johns and Wildwood Roads
in Oaklands Junction, in Melbourne's north, on Sunday afternoon.
Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles said police want to speak to anyone
who may have seen a vehicle in the area between 1pm and 6pm on Thursday.
"We ask anyone who has any information to either attend the information caravan to
speak to us, or call Crime Stoppers," he said in a statement.
Since the toddler's death a stream of neighbours has dropped off flowers and toys in
his memory.
"It's very touching to see," Mr Pathania said.
About two dozen different types of flowers have been laid outside the couple's Lalor
home, nestled next to stuffed teddy bears and toy trucks.
"Sorry for your tragic loss, from a caring grandmother," says one card attached to a
bunch of orange roses.
"Little angel Gurshan! My heart goes out to you," says another.
The parents, who have been staying in Melbourne as temporary students, were expected
to return home to Kotkapura in Punjab but cancelled their plane tickets after the
boy's death, Mr Pathania said.
Both parents have been interviewed by homicide detectives but a police spokeswoman
stressed they were not under arrest.