Teen abducted from job and beaten

A MOTHER OF THREE is scared for the safety of her family and is considering moving out of her Princes Town apartment after her son was abducted from his job and beaten yesterday morning.

Relatives believe the incident stemmed from an altercation on Sunday where her stepson, Joey Jairam, 19,  pushed down a 26-year-old woman during a cricket game in their community at Jagville Avenue. The injured woman who lived nearby received cuts and brusies to her hands and legs. Jairam was not around when Newsday visited his home yesterday, but his step-mother Seeta Sieunarine, 42, said they had resolved the incident and were not going to press charges. While admitting that her son was wrong to push down the woman, she said: “I scared to live here since this thing happen. I think I will be looking for somewhere else to live,” the woman said.

Sieunarine, who was reluctant to speak to the media yesterday, has been renting that apartment with her  children Jairam, Sally, 9 and Rajesh, 7 for the past year. She said her husband was working abroad. Recounting what had happened, Sieunarine said around 5.30 pm  on Sunday there was an altercation between  the 26-year-old neighbour and her (the neighbour’s) relative. She said her son, who is a friend of the relative, intervened and accidentally pushed down the woman. She said that caused an uproar among the injured woman’s relatives, and her son was very frightened. She said around 8 am yesterday, Jairam was at his workplace,  Khalids Supermarket, High Street, Princes Town, when he was approached by three men who dealt him several slaps, kicks and cuffs about his body in front of his workplace. She said when they were finished they bundled him into a car and dropped him off at the entrance of Jagville Avenue.  Jairam whose face and lip were swollen did not seek medical attention, the mother said, adding that her son was “real scared”. The woman said although they were not going to press any charges against the people, she intends to make an official report to the police.