He could have made a difference

What he would have wanted to tell reporters about his, if he wasn’t so overcome with grief, was intimated by other relatives. Little Videsh Subar was a boy well-loved by his family with those who accompanied his father to the Centre, saying the youth was a person filled with potential.

“He could have made a difference to this country. He was an exceptional boy. But now we will never know, will we,” said Videsh’s uncle Ramlal Koon Koon. It was revealed that Videsh was looking forward to spending August vacation with family in Canada before starting Secondary school in September.

Now, those relatives would be journeying to Trinidad to attend his funeral.

On Wednesday, the bodies of Videsh and his neighbour and care giver Hafeeza Rose Mohammed were found inside Mohammed’s Ajim Baksh Trace, Malabar home.

Both of their throats were slit.

Videsh who lived next door, stayed at Mohammed’s home whenever his parents Veena and Lennon were away at work or running errands.

“This is a nightmare from which none of us can wake up from. He was his parents’ life as he was their only child. He was talented. He could play the maracas, the tassa and the Flute. He was also a fan of sports. He was a FC Barcelona fan and loved to play cricket. We got a brand new cricket bat for him a couple weeks ago. Now who will use it,” another relative said.

They said that the day before he was killed, Videsh was invited to spend a few days at the home of a relative but the youngster declined saying he wanted to stay with, “aunty Hafeeza.” Autopsies confirmed that both the boy and woman died from massive haemorrhaging due to their throats being slashed.

At about 11.55 am on Wednesday Shariff Mohammed, Hafeeza’s husband, went to their Ajim Baksh Street, Malabar home for lunch, as he usually would. However, when he got home he noticed that his house was broken into. When he made further checks, he discovered Subar’s body on the kitchen floor, and his wife’s body in the bedroom.

Their hands were bound, their mouths were covered with tape, and their throats were cut. A TV was stolen and the assailants used Mohammed’s car to escape the crime scene, but police later found the stolen vehicle. No arrests have been made yet in the case, but police assured that they were doing everything they can to catch the killers.