Latest update February 10th, 2025 2:25 PM
Dead child’s parents, relatives stage protest
Scores of residents yesterday joined the family of four-year-old Ramkaran Mohan, known as “Ram,” to protest his death. He was struck down oblique to his Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo home on March 14, last.
The victim’s parents Anna Persaud and Raysho Lall along with his 7-year-old brother, Komal lead the protest in Tuschen New Housing Scheme.
The toddler was struck down by a female driver, identified as Grace Alves; less than 24 hours after the accident she was released on $20,000 station bail. However, more than a week later, she is yet to be charged and the family is not at all happy with the police investigations.
The car involved in the accident, a silver-coloured Toyota Premio bearing the number plate PVV 5084, was also released by the police and is back on the streets.
Not satisfied with the pace of the investigations, the victim’s parents, grandparents, residents and classmates took to the streets yesterday and protested for justice to be served.
The grieving mother, Anna Persaud shouted, “I need justice for my baby. I get to understand she was never charged. $20,000 can’t bring back me son. I need justice for me son. She don’t have any license, the car don’t have any insurance plus she say she father working with Granger and she is untouchable. I need justice. I don’t want no money.”
“She drag me baby like a dog. I need justice for my baby, this is just the starting. She is walking free on the road,” the young mother said.
Meanwhile, the grandmother, Bibi Khan, alleged that this is the third accident for the female driver.
“She hit a girl in Vergenoegen, break the child foot; she hit a man selling fish in this scheme, break his feet; go to the police, do a settlement and give the man $20,000. Nothing come out of that.
Ramkaran Mohan, known as “Ram”
“Now she hit my grandson like a dog and dragged him and killed him and now she say she is untouchable. I need justice for my grandson and I will go as far as I could, she must be jailed! I want her in jail for my grandson,” Khan exclaimed.
On the day of the incident at approximately 11: 30hrs, Ram and his seven-year-old brother, Komal, were accompanied by their uncle, Michael Plass, to a shop oblique to their Lot 1088, Tuschen residence, to purchase a ball to play cricket when he was struck down.
Reports indicate that they were waiting to cross the narrow road. The boy was holding onto his uncle’s hand when the car turned from the corner and “hooked” him out of the uncle’s hand, dragging him several feet away before coming to a halt.
The toddler was rushed to the Leonora Diagnostic Centre and was subsequently transferred to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he succumbed a few hours later.
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