Young Videsh Subar, who was murdered on Wednesday, will never accomplish his dream of working at Petrotrin, retiring at 45 and buying a maxi taxi, UNC MP Fazal Karim has lamented.
“He had his goals, he had dreams and looked forward to enjoying life but never thought this would befall him,” Karim said in Parliament yesterday.
Speaking during debate on an Opposition motion condemning Government and the Prime Minister for failing to address the rising crime epidemic, Karim expressed sympathies to Subar ‘s family as well as the family of his caretaker, Hafeeza Mohammed, 56. She was also killed alongside Subar on Wednesday.
The youngster 13, had been at Mohammed’s home when they were set upon, bound and killed. The savaging of the middle aged woman and the child — particularly because of their ages— has shocked the nation.
Karim said, “In the last 48 hours we’ve seen the brutal murder of 13- year old Vedesh and his caretaker who - it was reported today- was not only murdered , but also sexually assaulted.”
“Yesterday we saw the kidnapping for ransom of Southern businessman Gregory Laing - what kind of children, now adults have we brought up in T&T?! It’s clear the country has sunken to an all time low,”
Karim added, “Young Vedesh was in the prime of his youth. He was expecting to collect his SEA results next Tuesday and looking forward to entering the next phase of his education and secondary school...which is going to be no more.”
Karim said he also feared T&T is returning to kidnappings although this was reduced under the past administration.
“People are asking if kidnapping is what we have to face in T&T for working hard and being successful ..... if you’re perceived to have assets or be wealthy that you’re going to be the victim of those who prefer not to work like you, but to take from you what you have?”
Karim warned the crime situation - with murders currently at 248 - will cause citizens to incur more expense to secure themselves and their children, could cause capital flight and closure of businesses or encourage people to manage businesses from overseas.”
Murder is now one a day - it’s not a vitamin to build anything up. It’s breaking society down instead.”
