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‘Kidnapped’ fisherman found alive

Oct 05, 2011 News

Rasheed Bridgemohan, the 36-year-old Venezuela-based fisherman who had been feared kidnapped, was found alive and well on Monday night, just a few hours after relatives received a $1M demand for his safe return.
Police ranks found Bridgemohan, called ‘Convict’, lying in a clump of bushes near the Grove, East Bank Demerara Squatting Area at around 20:30 hrs. He was subsequently taken to the Grove Police Station.
Kaieteur News understands that investigators have ascertained that Bridgemohan, who disappeared from his aunt’s Farm, East Bank home on Friday, had left on his own free will, and that the kidnapping was staged.
According to sources, Bridgemohan, who resided in Venezuela and the North West District, had travelled to Guyana on Wednesday with the intention of taking a son and teenaged daughter back with him.
However, he reportedly told investigators that he became depressed after his daughter refused to accompany him. This reportedly prompted him to stage his vanishing act.
The fiasco began around 21:30 hrs on Friday, when Bridgemohan left his aunt’s home after telling her that he was going to have his wife’s name tattooed on his arm.
His aunt, Bibi Majeed, told Kaieteur News that relatives became worried after he failed to return, and began to inquire about his whereabouts to no avail.
Around 14:30hrs on Monday, the aunt received a call from an unidentified male who claimed that Bridgemohan had been kidnapped. The caller told the aunt that a $1M ransom was to be deposited “near the circuit” if they wanted the “kidnapped” man to be returned alive.
Relatives received three more calls from the ‘kidnappers’, who refused to allow them to speak to the ‘victim’. The family subsequently contacted the police.
Police have had to deal with several fake kidnappings in recent months, including one case in which two teenage girls turned up safely after claiming that they were abducted by a gang of men.

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