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| Police have said they are inquiring whether a nine-year-old boy found abandoned in west London could have been a victim of "child trafficking". | Police have said they are inquiring whether a nine-year-old boy found abandoned in west London could have been a victim of "child trafficking". |
| Gurrinder Singh, who belongs to the Sikh religion and speaks only Punjabi, was found in a clinic in Harrington Road, Southall, on Tuesday afternoon. | |
| He told interpreters his uncle had left him at a bus stop. | He told interpreters his uncle had left him at a bus stop. |
| Ealing and Southall MP Virendra Sharma said the community feel the incident is "unprecedented" and "beyond belief". | Ealing and Southall MP Virendra Sharma said the community feel the incident is "unprecedented" and "beyond belief". |
| It is beyond belief that any parent or family could do this Virendra Sharma MP | It is beyond belief that any parent or family could do this Virendra Sharma MP |
| Gurrinder is being looked after by social services. | Gurrinder is being looked after by social services. |
| A police spokesman said: "Child trafficking is one obvious line of inquiry." | A police spokesman said: "Child trafficking is one obvious line of inquiry." |
| Speaking to BBC London 94.9 Mr Sharma said: "People are concerned about it, it is a very unprecedented situation, particularly amongst the Punjabi community. | Speaking to BBC London 94.9 Mr Sharma said: "People are concerned about it, it is a very unprecedented situation, particularly amongst the Punjabi community. |
| "This is one of the very recent cases people have seen and it is beyond their belief that any parent or family could do this." | "This is one of the very recent cases people have seen and it is beyond their belief that any parent or family could do this." |
| Gurrinder told police he had been in the country for up to three years and has been living with his uncle in a three-bedroom house. | Gurrinder told police he had been in the country for up to three years and has been living with his uncle in a three-bedroom house. |
| He also said he and his uncle, described as a white man in his 30s, came to Southall on a 'bendy-bus', believed to be the route 207 which operates between Shepherds Bush and Hayes by-pass. | He also said he and his uncle, described as a white man in his 30s, came to Southall on a 'bendy-bus', believed to be the route 207 which operates between Shepherds Bush and Hayes by-pass. |
| Hinting that Gurrinder's abandonment is not as simple as it looks, Mr Sharma said it was strange for a boy not to know "where he is or what he was doing in the last few years" apart from "watching TV". | Hinting that Gurrinder's abandonment is not as simple as it looks, Mr Sharma said it was strange for a boy not to know "where he is or what he was doing in the last few years" apart from "watching TV". |
| Police are continuing to appeal for any information on the boy and have also urged his uncle to come forward. | Police are continuing to appeal for any information on the boy and have also urged his uncle to come forward. |