The Guyana Police Force has taken umbrage to an
advertisement which has been appearing in the Kaieteur
News.
The advertisement is calling on members of the public
especially those in the business community to get involved
with legitimate self defence.
The advertisement appeared days after businessman Harry
Rambarran was gunned down by bandits while leaving his
place of business and a heightened crime wave in which
several businesses are being attacked.
A statement from Police Headquarters said that the
force has observed a paid advertisement in the Kaieteur
News, allegedly sponsored by a committee of concerned
businessmen and women.
The police described the advertisement as at best
misleading and noted that it seems intended to incite
persons to take up arms.
“The Force is calling on all law abiding citizens and
right thinking persons not to be lured into the excesses
towards which they are being exhorted. Rather to think
carefully and act wisely at all times.”
The statement reminded that the use of force must at
all times be guided by the situation which confronts the
user.
The police are calling on those concerned with the
publication of this advertisement to desist from
publishing ads of this nature which may tend to incite
persons to unnecessary violence.
Recently, Home Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira advised
businessmen to beef up their security
for their personal
preservation as well as their businesses, pointing out
that the police alone cannot be expected to stem the flow
of violent criminal activity.
The advertisement appeared after the statement was made
by the Minister.
Last week, bandits shot at an employee of the Kissoon
furniture establishment on Camp Street before making off
with the store's payroll.
Meanwhile, businessman Harry Rambarran was buried
yesterday eight days after he was killed.
However, there has been no arrest as yet with respect
to his murder.
Tuesday
08-23-2005
Body
on seawall
Victim
identified as Trinidad-based Guyanese
-relatives
suspect foul play
The woman whose body was found near the Georgetown
seawalls on Friday has been identified as a Trinidad-based
Guyanese, whose relatives believe that she was murdered.
Relatives identified the body on Sunday as that of
45-year-old Jankie Mahadeo,
called ‘Anita', a mother of three who had lived in
Trinidad for about 25 years.
Mahadeo's body was discovered at around 16:30hrs in the
vicinity of the Everest Sports Club by police ranks on
patrol.
While Mahadeo's corpse reportedly bore no marks of
violence, detectives said froth at the mouth led them to
suspect that she was poisoned.
Mahadeo's relatives said that the woman had left their
home wearing a quantity of jewellery including a diamond
ring.
The jewellery, along with a bag containing $20,000 and
about US$100, were all missing when the body was found.
A cousin said that Mahadeo, along with her
five-year-old daughter, had arrived in Guyana last week
Monday.
“She had come to renew her Guyanese passport and to
see her mother, who is ill,” the relative said.
Kaieteur News was told that Mahadeo was staying at her
relatives who live at Poudroyen, West Coast Demerara.
A cousin said that at around 08:00hrs on Friday, her
husband took Mahadeo in his car to the Immigration Office
in Eve Leary to renew her passport.
“He left her there and then send me to see if she was
okay and I saw her there,” the cousin said.
After ensuring that her cousin was okay, the woman, who
is a vendor, said she went to Water Street, where she has
a stall.
She said that at around noon, Mahadeo came to her stall
and ate lunch.
The woman said that her husband eventually arrived and
took the Trinidad-based woman to have two photographs
taken for her passport.
Mahadeo reportedly then caught a route 45 minibus with
the intention of returning to the Immigration Office.
According to the relatives, that was the last time they
saw her alive.
They said that they began to worry when, at around
16:00 hrs, the woman failed to return home.
One relative said she recalled that Mahadeo had hinted
that she wanted to see a North Road family, whose
relatives she had lived at as a girl.
They said they contacted a male occupant, who told them
that he had heard that Mahadeo had visited the family.
When the woman failed to turn up on Saturday, the
relatives said they again checked with the North Road
resident.
“This time he said that he talked to her a few
minutes ago and she said that she got to go and look after
her passport.”
They said that the man gave them a different story when
they visited him on Sunday after Mahadeo still failed to
show.
“He said that he gave her a phone call to her brother
in the US, and she said that she has a taxi waiting for
her,” one relative claimed.
They said that they eventually informed police about
Mahadeo's disappearance.
They also placed advertisements on the radio and
television.
Relatives said that at around 14:00 hrs on Sunday, a
friend informed them that a woman's body had been found
near the seawalls.
Their worst fears were confirmed when police took them
to the Lyken Funeral Parlour to see the corpse.
Relatives described Mahadeo as a cheerful individual
who enjoyed her visits to Guyana .
The victim's mother has reportedly had a relapse since
learning of her daughter's death.
An autopsy is likely to be performed on the woman's
remains on Wednesday.
Angry
citizen speaks out
