Police yesterday released a businessman they had arrested last week over the abduction of city businessman, Farouk Kalamadeen, even as relatives continue to pray for his safe return.
Police yesterday said that they had no new leads in the case, which has generated enormous interest. Kalamadeen, owner of Jiffi Lubes on Light Street has been missing since Wednesday last and on Monday Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud said the police had received information that he was abducted. Persaud said then that they had arrested one man. However, Stabroek News was told yesterday that the man, a businessman, was released without being charged. He is however required to be in contact with the police.
Stabroek News was told that the man was detained for questioning following reports that he knew about the abduction of the businessman. Meanwhile, yesterday relatives continued to pray and hope for the best. One family member told Stabroek News that they had been working closely with the police, but so far they had not received any positive word.
Stabroek News was told that Kalamadeen might have been picked up by foreigners with whom he had problems, but his wife, Nariman Kalamadeen, said that was not so. She said that she could not understand why people were suggesting that the former motor racer was involved in illegal business. Stabroek News was told that the businessman was snatched by unidentified men in a dark-coloured car. The man’s family maintained that he did not have any problems with anyone as far as they were aware. They said there had been no demand for a ransom. Mrs Kalamadeen told Stabroek News last week that it was clear he was being held against his will. However, she could not say why her husband was being held.
The 54-year-old Kalamadeen left his D’Aguiar Park, East Bank Demerara home around 6 am on Wednesday to go on his daily jog. He has not been seen since. He was last seen wearing a blue sweat suit, track boots and a cap. The businessman’s wife said that they have since checked every corner in the Houston, Mandela Back Road area, interviewed almost all the security guards in the block and no one has a clue as to where the former motor racer might be. “He is not on the track where he left to go, the hospitals do not have him; we combed the area thoroughly. So then he is being held against his will,” Mrs Kalamadeen asserted on Thursday last. According to her from all appearances, her husband might have been snatched as soon as he exited the gated Barrington Place, D’Aguiar Park community, noting that none of the security guards along the route he walked every day saw him on Wednesday morning.
