As the investigations into the abduction of school teacher Keston Mahabir reach a critical stage, investigators are now looking at the option of visiting the Golden Grove Remand Yard in Arouca to question a prisoner they believe holds the key to possibly solving the case.
On Tuesday, three people who had been held in connection with the abduction—a 27-year-old man, his 23-year-old girlfriend and his mother—were released from the Anti-Kidnapping Squad’s office in Couva. They are said to be related to the prisoner, who is currently on remand on charges of kidnapping and murdering a woman in 2006.
The latest proposed move by investigators came after police received sufficient information involving a 15-year-old girl, who is a relative of the prisoner. The girl is also a student of Mahabir’s school.
The T&T Guardian also understands that investigators have received information that the getaway car—a silver Tiida licensed PCY 9796—that was used in last Wednesday’s abduction, was rented. It is alleged that a woman rented the vehicle and handed it over to three men—one of whom was the driver on the day Mahabir was taken from his Pitiman Trace, Mc Bean, Couva, property. That woman, police said, is currently being sought by the police.
Investigators have also received information on the identities of the abductors. Mahabir, head of Keston’s Educational Institute, was abducted from his home last Wednesday. CCTV footage showed that at about 11.15 am, two women parked a silver vehicle near Mahabir’s house.
Mahabir, who was wearing a red T-shirt, a pair of short pants and slippers, met the women and escorted them to the back of the house, where he conducts his classes. Two minutes later, two men were seen entering the compound and the room where Mahabir and the women were. One of the men wore a bandana covering his face while the other wore a hoodie.
A few minutes later, one of the men came out of the house and walked to the front. Seconds later a second man was seen coming outside holding Mahabir around the neck and walking him to the front of the house.
Mahabir, a graduate of the University of T&T, has spent the last five years teaching Mathematics, English, and Human and Social Biology at his private school, which has 73 pupils. He was expected to take up a teaching position at the University of the West Indies in September.