Kamal
Seebarran has been reunited with his family a day
after he was kidnapped by four gunmen at his Sheriff Street
auto dealership.
Seebarran, one of two brothers who
operate Ray’s Motor Spares and Auto
Sales, was dropped off at 2 p.m. yesterday at the
back of the Sophia Squatting Area. He reportedly called his
wife, who went to pick him up.
The 37-year-old
businessman and his family have since gone into hiding. But in
a brief telephone interview from his safe haven, Seebarran
told Stabroek News that he was blindfolded throughout the
entire ordeal and did not see, nor hear anything. “I was
treated very well,” the businessman said. He did not say
whether any ransom was paid to secure his safe
return.
Reshman Budram
of Everest( East Indian) Cricket Club hands over the
Man-of-match trophy to
Kamal Seebarran who helped bowl them to victory in the final.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Seebarran’s Section ‘M’ Campbellville home was
deserted yesterday and it still bore the ‘For Sale’ sign that
was on the property on the day of the kidnapping.
Chaos
had reigned Tuesday when four men wearing bulletproof vests
and carrying AK-47s walked into Seebarran’s establishment and
grabbed him at about 8:30 a.m.
An eyewitness, who was
standing opposite the dealership at the time Seebarran was
snatched, had told this newspaper that the gunmen emerged from
a burgundy Toyota AE192, went into Seebarran’s business place
and emerged three minutes later with their
victim.
According to the police, the bandits robbed
Seebarran and the other two men of a quantity of cash and jewellery, at
gunpoint, before forcing Seebarran into a waiting car and
escaping.
It has not been determined where the
kidnappers took Seebarran, or how they managed to elude the
law enforcers.
Some sources said the gunmen might have
switched cars shortly after the kidnapping.
After the
kidnapping the army’s helicopter had joined the search to
locate the abductors’ vehicle. (Kim Lucas)
