Kamal Seebarran has been reunited with his
family a day after he was kidnapped by four gunmen at his Sheriff Street auto
dealership.
Seebarran, one of two brothers who operate Ray’s Motor Spares and Auto Sales, was dropped off
at 2 p.m. yesterday at the back of the Sophia Squatting Area. He reportedly
called his wife, who went to pick him up.
The 37-year-old businessman and
his family have since gone into hiding. But in a brief telephone interview from
his safe haven, Seebarran told Stabroek News that he was blindfolded throughout
the entire ordeal and did not see, nor hear anything. “I was treated very
well,” the businessman said. He did not say whether any ransom was paid to
secure his safe return.
Seebarran’s Section ‘M’ Campbellville home
was deserted yesterday and it still bore the ‘For Sale’ sign that was on the
property on the day of the kidnapping.
Chaos had reigned Tuesday when
four men wearing bulletproof vests and carrying AK-47s walked into Seebarran’s
establishment and grabbed him at about 8:30 a.m.
An eyewitness, who was
standing opposite the dealership at the time Seebarran was snatched, had told
this newspaper that the gunmen emerged from a burgundy Toyota AE192, went into
Seebarran’s business place and emerged three minutes later with their victim.
According
to the police, the bandits robbed Seebarran and the other two men of a quantity
of cash and jewellery, at gunpoint, before forcing Seebarran into a waiting car
and escaping.
It has not been determined where the kidnappers took
Seebarran, or how they managed to elude the law enforcers.
Some sources
said the gunmen might have switched cars shortly after the kidnapping.
After
the kidnapping the army’s helicopter had joined the search to locate the
abductors’ vehicle. (Kim Lucas)
