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Australian police appealed for help from the public Sunday to help solve the mystery surrounding the death of an Indian toddler, the latest tragedy to befall the city's Indian community.
The body of three-year-old Gurshan Singh was found on Thursday night dumped by an isolated road in the north of Australia's second largest city. An initial autopsy was inconclusive and a cause of death has not been revealed.
Police on Sunday called on the public for information about a green, four-door car spotted in Oaklands Junction the day the body of the child, who was visiting from Punjab in northern India, was found.
"It's just a VR or VR Commodore, just driving in the area on the day in question," Senior Constable Adam West told AFP.
"We're just keeping it nice, general and broad to see if it strikes a chord with the public."
The case has the potential to further damage relations between Australia and India which have plunged in recent months following a series of attacks on Indian students, including the murder of a 21-year-old Punjab man in January.
It comes as Foreign Minister Stephen Smith last week made a goodwill visit to India designed to bolster ties between the growing trade partners and quell fears about the safety of Indian students Down Under.
Australian officials have stressed that the latest case will be thoroughly investigated, and police on Saturday established a mobile information centre at the roadside behind Melbourne's airport where Singh's body was found.
"Homicide detectives are continuing with their work today," West said.
Officials have urged the public not to speculate about what happened to Singh, whose body was found fully clothed and with no visible signs of injury.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has described the case as a "really horrible story".
"The death of any little child causes everyone in this country to stop, pause, think, reflect," he said on Friday.
"If this is a case of murder, there is nothing worse than the brutal murder of a little child. The authorities are investigating it and we have every confidence the authorities will get to the bottom of it."
The boy disappeared from a suburban house on Thursday afternoon while his mother was taking a shower and his father was at a nearby library. His body was found about six hours later some 30 kilometres (20 miles) away.
The child's distraught parents, who had both been studying in Australia, made an emotional visit to view their son's body on Saturday and have been interviewed by police. A media conference scheduled for Sunday with a relative was cancelled at the family's request.
Tensions between India and Australia heightened in January following the stabbing murder of 21-year-old Punjab man Nitin Garg as he walked to work at a fast-food restaurant in Melbourne.
It brought to a head simmering anger over a spate of beatings and robberies of Indian students in Australia and prompted damning media coverage in India.
