The Express newspaper reported Tuesday that a police constable, who is the son of a police inspector, is among several people detained in connection with the kidnapping and suspected murder of Devindar Siewdass.
Siewdass worked for the courier company DHL and also as a money lender, the paper reported. It said Siewdass left his home at Siewdass Road on Thursday after he received a phone call from someone owing him a large sum of money, citing an officer working on the case.
When his father, businessman Annarood Siewdass, called his son’s cellphone that night someone answered the phone and demanded $2 million for his son’s safe return, the paper said.
Police suspect the victim was murdered and his body burned on a pyre of tyre, which they found near a house in Hindustan. They went to the house searching for a “person of interest” and found three men and three women and a quantity of marijuana. The six have been taken into custody and are assisting police in the investigation, the Express reported.
When his father, businessman Annarood Siewdass, called his son’s cellphone that night someone answered the phone and demanded $2 million for his son’s safe return, the paper said.
Police suspect the victim was murdered and his body burned on a pyre of tyre, which they found near a house in Hindustan. They went to the house searching for a “person of interest” and found three men and three women and a quantity of marijuana. The six have been taken into custody and are assisting police in the investigation, the Express reported.
Read the full story by Susan Mohammed in the TRINIDAD EXPRESS
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