Girl, 9, kidnapped

Nine-year-old Neisha Seeteram was sitting at a table doing her homework on Wednesday night when she was kidnapped by three men dressed in army uniform. A gun was placed to the child’s head by the kidnappers who tied her hands and feet. They bundled her into a car and sped off with Neisha screaming for her life. The child was kidnapped from the home of her uncle Winston Seecharan, at Tabaquite Main Road. Police said yesterday that the men had intended to kidnap Seecharan, 34, who is the son of the proprietor of Kenny Kazar Sawmill in Tabaquite. The men stormed into the house occupied by Seecharan, his wife Pamela, 33, their 14-month-old baby and Neisha at  about 7.15 pm. Neisha’s parents live several villages away in Brasso Venado.

Two of the men, who were armed with guns, the report stated, asked Pamela about her husband Seecharan’s whereabouts. Told that he was not at home, one of the kidnappers walked up to Neisha, and pointed a gun at the girl, while the other man taped her mouth with duct tape. Police said that Pamela reacted by throwing a fan at the man. The police report stated that the kidnappers ordered Pamela, who was holding her baby at the time, into a bedroom, where she was ordered to put the baby in the crib. The man then tied her hands and feet with duct tape, and left her in the bedroom.

According to the report, the men ransacked the house and stole $3,000 in cash and $5,000 worth of jewelry. The men then grabbed Neisha and left the house. They escaped in a car which was parked a short distance away from the house on the lonely forested Tabaquite Main Road. Neisha is a Standard Two pupil of the Tabaquite Presbyterian School, and her kidnapping brings the total abductions to date to 19. Neisha’s father, Ishwarlal Seetaram, 33, and mother Marjorie Marchan, 50, were at Pamela’s home yesterday.

They said their child stayed at Seecharan’s house to attend school because of a lack of  transportation where they live in Brasso Venado. The mother had to seek medical attention yesterday for a heart condition, apparently unable to bear the grief. She said, “Neisha is a strong child; God will give her strength.” The mother said her daughter has sinus problems and needs to take medication regularly in order to breathe. Seecharan told Newsday yesterday that the kidnappers made a telephone call to his home, but declined to divulge what they said.