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Flowers and toys are seen placed at the front gate of the house where Gurshan Singh Channa lived in Melbourne - Source: Reuters -
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A man has been remanded in custody over the long weekend charged
with manslaughter over the death of three-year-old Indian toddler
Gurshan Singh.
Gursewak Dhillon, 23, faced an out-of-sessions court hearing before
a bail justice at the St Kilda Road police complex charged with
manslaughter by criminal negligence over the death.
The little boy's body was found in long grass at Oaklands Junction,
north of Melbourne, on Thursday, only hours after he vanished from
his Lalor home.
Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles of the homicide squad said
Dhillon lived in the same house as Gurshan, his parents and six
others.
Det Iddles said Dhillon placed the child in the boot of his car
unconscious but still alive.
"He then drove up to at least three hours with the child in the
boot of the car, eventually stopping at Oaklands Junction, where he
placed the child from the boot into the grass and did not check to
see if the child was alive, then returned to 28 David Street,
Lalor," Iddles said.
No evidence was given as to how the little boy was rendered
unconscious.
Dhillon was arrested at a friend's house in Mill Park, in
Melbourne's north, at 10am local time on Sunday.
Iddles said police opposed bail because Dhillon had few ties to
Australia and was under investigation by immigration officials over
allegations his passport may be false.
Dhillon, a part-time taxi driver who just bought a small truck and
was due to start full-time work with a courier company on
Wednesday, lives in Lalor with his wife.
He has a daughter in his native India.
Dhillon applied for bail, offering to leave his passport and
driver's licence with police.
Bail justice Ben Czerniewicz remanded Dhillon, saying he posed an
unacceptable flight risk and could also tamper with witnesses in
the case.
Dhillon is due to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on
Tuesday.
Gurshan vanished from the Lalor house while his mother was in the
shower and his father was at a nearby library on Thursday.
His body was found by a council worker about 7pm that day in long
grass at the intersection of St Johns and Wildwood roads, Oaklands
Junction, behind Melbourne Airport.
An autopsy has so far not determined the cause of his death.
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