First pictures of brothers killed and dumped in boot of blazing car

12 April 2012

These are the two young brothers found dead in a blazing car at a beauty spot.

Paul Ross, six, and two-year-old Jay are understood to have been stabbed to death and placed in the boot before their father set the vehicle alight.

Yesterday their heartbroken mother said she would never recover from losing her sons.

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Jay Ross, 2, was often spotted with his brother and father by neighbours in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow

Giselle Ross added: "Paul and Jay were beautiful boys who were well loved by all the family and everyone who knew them.

"They did not deserve to die. Paul wasn't even allowed to play outside in case he came to any harm.

"Both boys loved their mum - they were real mummy's boys. They are irreplaceable and are greatly missed by all the family."

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Initial reports claimed six-year-old Paul Ross (above) and his brother had been gassed to death in the car

Paul and Jay lived with their mother who was estranged from their father, Ashok Kalyanjee.

They were found on Saturday afternoon after Indian-born Mr Kalyanjee, 40, took them away for a weekend visit.

He was also in the car, but alive, and was last night under police guard in hospital where he was being treated for serious burns.

The boys should have been returned to their home in Royston, Glasgow, at lunchtime on Saturday. When they did not turn up their worried mother went to her estranged partner's home.

Neighbours said she was "distraught" when there was no sign of them there. She then appealed to Mr Kalyanjee's mother, Maya Devi, to help find the boys.

A local shopkeeper said he tried to help in the desperate search for the children before they and their father were found in the blazing car parked near the Campsie Fells in Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire, north of Glasgow.

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Floral tributes at the lay-by where the bodies of the two brothers were found

The shopkeeper, who did not want to be named, said: "Maya came in with another woman who was looking for her children.

"She seemed frantic and was very panicked. She kept telling me she needed to find her sons and Ashok.

"I tried to phone him for her once or twice myself but there was no reply. He was supposed to be back around lunchtime."

A woman who visited the boys' grandmother said: "Maya is just so upset. I think she is losing her mind. She is crying around the clock. She has lost a whole family."

Paul was a pupil at Royston Primary School. Headmistress Elizabeth Davidson said: "Paul was a lovely, well-behaved, quiet young boy.

"I'm certain that children who knew Paul and his brother will be devastated when they learn of this tragic news.

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A road block was put in place at the site of the blaze until early yesterday afternoon

"The school has been made aware of the incident and shall be supporting the mother in any way it can.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with her at this sad time."

Strathclyde Police said they were following a positive line of inquiry.

It is understood Mr Kalyanjee had been employed at the local post office but recently took up work as a taxi driver.

The lay-by where the boys were found is popular because of the views across Glasgow and its location near the Campsie hills.

Early reports claimed the boys were found in the boot of the car and that a hosepipe was connected to the exhaust, suggesting they had been gassed to death.

However, it is now thought that the brothers had met violent deaths.

Local residents said his estranged partner had also lost her mother months ago.

A woman, who did not want to be named, said: "It's just such a shame that this has happened. It's a tragedy. Words can't describe it.

"I used to see the mother passing by with the two wee boys, one of them in the pram. I think she must be in a terrible place.

"To bury your mum not long ago and then bury your two babies is just awful."

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Police have cordoned off the area where two boys were found dead in a burning vehicle near Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire

A neighbour added: "It's just so sad, it's a terrible thing to have happened. I live next door and my heart goes out to them."

Yesterday, locals in Lennoxtown spoke of their shock at the tragedy, with a steady stream of shocked visitors laying flowers in tribute near the scene.

Over the weekend, Denise Henry, 25, arrived to lay flowers near the scene.

Miss Henry, who has lived in town all her life said: "Everybody is just shell-shocked and saying what a terrible shame it is."

The mother-of-three added: "Lennoxtown is very quiet and I can't remember anything like this ever happening before. Having kids myself just makes it seem very close to home. I feel so terribly for the two wee boys."

A note beside one bouquet laid by locals said: "For those little angels taken on such a tragic day. Forever in our hearts."

Meanwhile, mother of two Rhona Jannaway, 33, said an air of sadness has descended on the small village.

She said: "There is a real sense of dismay about the place. It is normally a very quiet area and generally nothing bad like this ever happens.

"I have a small daughter and to think anything like this could happen to her makes me sick to the stomach.

Speaking at the scene of the tragedy she said she laid flowers to pay her respects to the two dead children.

She said: "I just thought it was the right thing to do. I felt sick driving up here today. This is a place I would bring my kids for some fun to see the animals and take in the local scenery.

"It's really sickening. I think everyone is still in shock. It hasn't fully sunk in yet. It's so strange that something like this has happened in such a sleepy place."

Margaret Campbell, 68, a retired nurse, said: "This is such a tragedy and a waste of life.

"I can't stop think about those two little boys in that car."

John James, 43, a father of two from Lennoxtown, said: "The whole town is in shock. I have two young sons myself and it is hard to believe someone could do something like this.

"The village is usually quiet and peaceful and we are all struggling to take in what has happened."

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