Two brothers missing in Moruga forest, believed murdered

A MORUGA FAMILY is pleading with the Commissioner of Police and other authorities to assist them in finding two  brothers who are believed to have been murdered in the Moruga forest.

Chris Ramlal went missing in late June, and his younger brother, Keeshan Chabelia, who went in search of him three weeks later, has also disappeared without a trace. The family fears that they may have innocently fallen victim to marijuana traffickers in the forest, and possibly murdered. An older brother of the two men, Victor Ramlal, complained to Newsday that the Moruga police were not treating the cases with any importance. A disgruntled Victor told Newsday: “Nearly seven weeks have passed and my two brothers are missing. Up to now the police have not taken a proper report about what happened, or making any searches in the area.”

Last month, Newsday reported that Chris, 38, a gardener, disappeared on June 27 when, according his relatives, he left the family home at 11 Figaro Trace, Moruga, to go to his garden some four miles away. By the next day when he did not return, Chabelia, 23, and other villagers mounted a search party and went looking for him in the forest. On August 16, Chabelia left home around 5.30 am and went on a one-man crusade to find his older brother. Chabelia was last seen buying a pack of cigarettes and walking into the bush with a cutlass. Victor believes that Chabelia, like Chris, may have witnessed some illegal activity, and both men were killed.  “Keeshan may have seen or known something about whoever killed Chris, and Keeshan paid for that too”. The family is appealing to anyone who might have information about Ramlal or Chabelia to inform the Moruga police. Investigations are continuing.