Carmona vows to join crime fight

Speaking at the funeral service yesterday for 29-year-old security officer, Vijay Maraj, at the Chapel of Clive Allen Funeral Services, Eastern Main Road, Guaico, Sangre Grande, Carmona said he has been involved in criminal law all his life, but this was murder most foul.

He said Maraj, who was the brother of one of his drivers, Adesh Maraj, was a young man who had hopes and dreams, all of which would now be placed on a shelf.

“The light went out of a young man’s life, a young man who had hopes and dreams, but most of all, a young man who had a father’s love, a mother’s love, a brother’s love, a sister’s love.

At the end of the day we mourn not only physically, but we mourn collectively, the loss that this family will have to endure for the rest of their lives.” Carmona said he was no stranger to hurt, pain and anguish in this community as he had many a trip to the Sangre Grande Magistrates’ Court to preside over various matters.

“I do care, I will always care because I see the evil that men do. We must not lose hope because of what has happened, continue to be a nice person ...continue to have faith because there are far more good people in this land than there are evil,” the President said.

Maraj’s uncle, Dennis, said his nephew was a young man “gone too soon.” “When we look at our tiny twin islands, it is happening every day. Murders are now 317 up to yesterday I believe it was. This is a wake up call for all of us, but are we playing our part?” Maraj was shot and killed during a robbery last Saturday night at the Cantonese Superstore, Eastern Main, Road, Maturita. Three other persons were also wounded during the robbery.