Don’t feed my son meat

"I will like them to contact me. We are willing to negotiate with them and hope this ends in a short space of time. I don’t want my son and nephew hurt," Mohan told Newsday at his West Coast Drive home in Gulf View yesterday.

Mohan is the proprietor of Priya’s Creation, and on Saturday night, son Amit, 24, and nephew, Veedesh, 20, were snatched at the back of Mohan’s house. No one saw the kidnapping, but police believe the kidnappers bundled the cousins into Mohan’s black Nissan Primera car and escaped.

The car was found abandoned in Diamond Village, San Fernando, around 9.35 am on Sunday.

Mohan received a telephone call around 2.30 am on Sunday from one of the abductors who promised to get back to the family about the fate of the cousins.

Yesterday, a distraught Mohan said the kidnappers contacted him on Sunday night. "All he said is, ‘What is the scene,’ and then he started cursing and hung up. They have not called me so far today," Mohan said.

Revealing that his business was not as "good as it used to be," Mohan told Newsday that he cannot afford $5 million ransom, but wanted to send a message to the kidnappers to give him a telephone call. Mohan said his son, who is a very religious person, is a vegetarian, and he appealed to the abductors not to feed his son meat.

The incident has left the Mohan family in a state of turmoil. Mohan said, "His mother is disoriented." Yesterday, relatives chanted mantras of Hare Krishna. Mohan, a Hare Krishna devotee, said the family has been holding all night vigil of prayers since the kidnappings.

Veedesh’s parents, Rana and Moniesha, who live in Princes Town, have been staying with Mohan since the incident. The Anti-Kidnapping Squad is investigating the incident.