Two years on, Salimoon still clings to hope for missing son

Salimoon and her son

Two years after her son, Ricky Jainarine went missing following a boat collision in the Essequibo River, Salimoon Rahaman is desperate for answers and continues to cling to hope that he might be alive

“I still feel that he’s alive and he’s somewhere,” she said. Rahaman said that she wishes the authorities would take an interest and continue to investigate. It has been a long time now since she has heard anything from the police, she said.

The last time Rahaman saw her youngest child, he was leaving their Hog Island, Essequibo River home with a neighbour to collect his father, Jainarine Dinanauth, at Parika. It was late afternoon on