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Jul 07, 2012 News
The mother of a 22-year-old woman is seeking the help of the public to locate her daughter who has been missing since last Tuesday.
Raajnee Baldeo the mother of 22-year-old Mahadai Sankumar said that her daughter has been involved in an abusive relationship for the past year and a half. The frustrated mother said that since her daughter has been involved with
her abuser she, the mother, has not been able to visit or hear from her even though they both live in Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara.
Baldeo added that she has made several reports to the probation officers at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security informing them that her daughter has been suffering at the hands of an abuser.
However she was informed that since the young woman is above 18 years old she needed to file a “domestic violence” report for herself.
“The government is spending millions of dollars on domestic violence, and the people who really need the help can’t get it,” said Baldeo
The grieving mother said the man stopped her daughter from working as an accountant at the Guyana Revenue Authority and has her working in the pharmacy even though she is not a licensed pharmacist.
She went on to state that last Tuesday morning she met with the abuser and his father in front the Ministry of Human Services building since that was the only avenue to see her daughter. She added that when she asked to see her child the abuser told her that her daughter does not want to see her and that she, the mother, is the major cause of their problems.
Baldeo said that it was after that evening that the neighbours called her informing her of loud screams coming from her daughter’s home which indicated that the man was once again beating her. She said she made attempts to get a hold of her daughter via telephone, and those efforts proved futile.
The disgruntled mother said that visits were made to her daughter’s home on several occasions after that incident, and the house was discovered locked up.
She said she has also tried calling the pharmacy and the phone has been ringing out since then. She has also made contact with the abuser’s relatives in Essequibo who indicated that the couple was there during last week but left to return to Georgetown.
Baldeo added that they told her that her daughter has made attempts to commit suicide while over on the Essequibo Coast but was stopped. Baldeo however, says she is not convinced that this is true since the abuser’s family has a history of fabricating stories about her daughter. “Me biggest fear is that something bad might happen to me daughter and nobody in authority can help me find she,” the grieving woman added.
The mother said that she is pleading with the relevant authorities to assist her in finding her daughter and removing her from the hands of her abuser. “I can’t leave my daughter with a psycho like he” said Baldeo.
According to the mother she has filed a missing person report yesterday at the Vigilance Police Station.
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