Family appeals for help to find brothers

Two brothers who went into the Moruga forests three weeks from each other are still missing and worried relatives are fearing the worst. Both brothers are gardeners. Victor Ramlal, 42, the missing men’s brother broke down in tears while speaking with Newsday yesterday about the mysterious disappearance of his younger siblings — Chris Ramlal, 37, and Kishan Chabilal, 23.

Both men were living at Figarie Trace, Bassetere, Moruga. Ramlal said around 7 am on June 27, Chris left home to attend to his garden located in the Moruga forests. He never returned home. The following day, Kishan went into the forest in search of Chris. Kishan returned home and told relatives he saw two men whom he knew and who were armed with cutlasses. Kishan reported that he hid in bushes when he saw the three cutlass-toting men. A week after Chris went missing a group of 12 people including Victor and Chabilal went searching daily from sunrise to sunset.

Victor told Newsday that sometime in the middle of July, Kishan got information on the whereabouts of their missing brother and went back into the forests to continue searching. Kishan never returned home. The brothers’ disappearance has left the family with many unanswered questions and sleepless nights. Victor is now appealing to the National Security Minister to assist in putting together a proper search party comprising soldiers and trackers, to go and look for his missing brothers. “The police have the full report and written statements that they can work with,” Victor said. He also claimed that police had been promising to carry out a massive search, but nothing has been done. Victor also denied that his brothers were involved in any illegal activities. “They are cool fellas, they were not involved in anything illegal,” Victor said.