Women among suspect held for kidnapping of girl

WHILE three people were being questioned up to late yesterday in connection with the kidnapping of eight-year-old Adriana Ramsingh, her parents are considering getting psychological help for the country’s latest kidnap victim.

The three people aged 29, 23 and 19, including a woman, were held shortly after Ramsingh was rescued from a shack at Mount D’or. Adriana, a Second Standard student of Curepe Presbyterian School, was blindfolded, bound and gagged.  the police rescued her some seven hours after she was kidnapped on Wednesday morning. Her kidnappers had asked for an $8 million ransom for her safe return.  Adriana’s father, Ramesh Ramsingh, is the owner of Ramsingh’s Glass Specialists, of Eastern Main Road, Barataria. Yesterday, the girl’s mother, Routie Ramsingh, told Newsday the family is considering getting psychological help for the girl. Routie told Newsday Adriana saw two men walking in the road and ran screaming to her parents, saying she had seen the men who kidnapped her. The mother explained that the men were simply returning from work.

The mother of three added that on the night of her daughter’s return, the child pleaded with her not to go in the bathroom by herself. “She looks fine, and is playing, but I believe she is traumatised,” Routie said. She added that her daughter does not want to talk about the kidnapping incident at all. Police believe the same three suspects may be linked to another child abduction involving nine-year-old Micah Bernard, who was snatched for a $300,000 ransom and later released. No money was paid. The Anti Kidnapping Squad, headed by Sr Supt Gilbert Reyes is continuing investigations along with members of the North Eastern Division.