By Mondale Smith
The relatives of Tashmedaye Lall, the murdered
Tuschen businessman, are saying that they have lost faith in the local security system and in
the Guyana Police Force.
They are now begging any country outside
of Guyana to accept them as migrants out of fear for their
safety.
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They are also calling on Police Commissioner Henry Greene to
investigate the reason why their calls to 911 went unanswered on
Wednesday night, minutes after the 28-year-old owner of Lall’s Guest
House at 181 Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, was robbed
before being shot dead.
An irate Eshwar Lall yesterday recalled that the handyman
informed him that his brother was robbed and shot and he called 911
right away.
“I called between 20:30hrs and 20:45hrs from 269-0590
and it ring out. The handyman also called it from 611-6362, my
brother’s number, as he lay dying on the floor and they ain’t answer
till now.”
The dead man’s brother called from his Ruimzeigt home
while maintenance man, John De La Cruz, called from the
scene.
“We are selling out everything and we want any country to
take us in. Any Caribbean or any other country, even Suriname if
they will take us.”
Wednesday night two gunmen under the pretext
of wanting a room at the Guest House, entered the premises, held-up,
terrorised, demanded cash and fatally shot Lall in the presence of
his maintenance man and his girlfriend.
Speaking for his family
that operate other businesses, he also called on the business
community to speak out on the issue as he says “it could have been
you or your relative calling and getting no answer too.”
He
stated that “we want to migrate to any country outside of Guyana
that will offer us a chance to migrate because we don’t feel secure
anymore.
“He questioned where is the tax payers’ money going when
millions are paid every year?
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He stated that his brother and his
family pay taxes and opines, based on his family’s experience, that
there is no security for taxpayers.
He said, too, that his family
like others, is not satisfied with the police investigations so far.
“They have no answers, they didn’t do any major search or cordon in
the area when they arrived at the scene on Wednesday night. There
was no road block even after the description of the men was
given.”
His family, according to Lall, wants “residence in any
Caribbean country because we have other businesses and we don’t feel
safe here anymore. We will soon put everything on sale.”
He said,
too, that since Minister Satyadeow Sawh died we were planning to
sell out and move to India because since then we were worried about
the security system.
Now more than ever they want to leave
Guyana.
As if the family’s woes are not enough, the dead man was
to be cremated, but because the Health Ministry was destroyed by
fire, they cannot get the necessary papers to do so, “so we have to
bury him instead. The funeral is set for Sunday”
Saturday, July 18,
2009
