Weeks after, with no sign of him or a ransom demand, the questions continue about the whereabouts of Jiffi Lubes owner, Farouk Kalamadeen.
 
During several interviews with this newspaper, the former motor racer’s relatives have expressed optimism about his safe return.  Some members of the public have ventured to say it was known that he was alive but being held for unknown reasons. Police had arrested three men during their probe, but released them later after they did not glean anything substantial. Family members yesterday said they had not heard any word from the businessman or his abductors, when questioned. They said however that they will continue to hope and pray for his safe return.

Stabroek News had been told that Kalamadeen might have been picked up by foreigners with whom he had problems, but his wife, Nariman Kalamadeen, had said that was not so. Reports are that unidentified men snatched the businessman while he was walking along the Houston Public Road on the morning of April 2. Relatives said that there had been no demand for a ransom to date. Mrs. Kalamadeen had told Stabroek News earlier that it was clear her husband was being held against his will. She however, could not say why her husband was being held……