Samples taken from missing businessman’s family for DNA testing in T&T

Blood, hair and saliva samples have been taken from relatives of missing businessman Mohamed Khan and according to Crime Chief Leslie James they will be sent to Trinidad and Tobago for testing.

Family members of Khan, who believe him to be dead, confirmed yesterday that the samples taken from Khan’s mother, sister and brother are going to be sent to a lab in Trinidad. The police, they say, are funding the exercise.

His brother, Neeaz, told Stabroek News that the samples were supposed to have left for Trinidad yesterday but up to press time they were still here. He said that the police have told them that the results are expected in four weeks’ time.

Many of the man’s relatives and friends are convinced that a decapitated corpse found at Cummings Lodge is him, a