NIS team was held captive until Buddy Shivraj arrived at site -source

Members of a National Insurance Scheme (NIS) inspection team say they were held captive by almost two dozen men for about 20 minutes until businessman Omprakash ‘Buddy’ Shivraj arrived at the New Providence, East Bank housing development site, a source said yesterday.

Almost two weeks have passed and the police are yet to act on the allegations of threats and physical assault made against Shivraj and his employees by the members of the team.

The source, who is close to the team but did not want to