Mom begs cops to arrest violent relative

Samdaye Bahadoor, 43, who is struggling to take care of her Downs Syndrome daughter and crippled, bed-ridden mother, now fears for her life after being  assaulted by a male relative who  has threatened to kill the entire family.
    
The unemployed Chaguanas woman is now appealing to Commissioner of Police Hilton Guy to intervene since the Chaguanas police have done nothing to protect her from the 22-year-old man, despite her numerous reports to the station. Bahadoor said she had taken out a restraining order against the relative but even that failed to stop him from threatening and attacking her. “I don’t know why he interfering with me. I doh have nothing with he,” she cried. Bahadoor said she moved her to parents’ home at Old Southern Main Road, Montrose, six years ago. She lives with her mother Sonia Dahall, 75, who suffered a stroke 16 years ago and is paralysed and bed-ridden and her 13-year-old daughter Reshma, who has Downs Syndrome. The frustrated woman explained that three years ago, the relative began threatening her and even broke into her home and assaulted her. Recalling the most recent incident on Thursday night, Bahadoor said: “I was standing in my gallery when he started cursing me.”

She said the relative started pelting her with bottles, as she stood in the gallery. Bahadoor said she made a report to the Chaguanas  Police Station but the officers did not arrest the man, nor did they warn him about his actions. “I don’t know what to do. This is not the first time he do this,” she said. Bahadoor said she used to stay downstairs with her mother but moved to the top floor of the house because she was afraid of the man. She recalled incidents where the man broke into the house and banged her head against walls and even threatened her with a cutlass. “I am alone. I cannot fight him off and I need help,” she said. “Most of the times we stay lock up in the house,” she added and pleaded with the police to intervene before “something terrible happens”.