‘Robo Cop’ charged with kidnapping

SELWYN “Robo Cop” Alexis was charged yesterday with kidnapping Tarouba businessman Saran “Billy” Kissoondath, owner of Auto House Limited.

Alexis, 40, of Enterprise Village, Chaguanas, was charged by PC Roopnarine of the Ste Madeleine Police Station with kidnapping of  Kissondath on February 23. Around 2 pm yesterday, officers from the Central Division Task Force led by Ag Sgt Ajith Persad and including PCS Ramsook, Pierre and Narcis, went to an area outside the Chagua-nas Magistrate’s Court where they executed the warrant. Alexis was arrested by Ag Sgt Persad and taken to the Chaguanas Police Station. He was later handed over to the Southern Division and charged yesterday by PC Roopnarine.

Alexis will appear before a San Fernando magistrate today. Kissondath, brother of businesswoman Jenny Sharma, who owns Jenny’s on the Boulevard, was kidnapped while returning home after purchasing bread. He was reportedly accosted by a man wearing a green bandana over his face. After a brief struggle, the man bundled Kissoondath into a waiting B-13 Sentra vehicle and drove away. The kidnapper fired a single gunshot into the air as the car was leaving the scene. Kissoondath was released after a large sum of money was paid to kidnappers.