Attorney Sharma Boodram, son of deceased drug kingpin Nankissoon Boodram, aka Dole Chadee, was shot during an altercation with two men yesterday.
Police said that around 3 am, Boodram, 36, was sitting in a makeshift camp along Pascal Road, Piparo near his home.
He told police that two men approached him and following an argument, they began a scuffle. He told police that he heard a loud explosion and was shot in his abdomen. The men ran off, leaving him bleeding in the camp. Princes Town police responded along with an ambulance and Boodram was taken to the Princes Town District Health Facility where he was treated and transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital. He was reported to be in a stable condition up to late yesterday.
Sharma is currently before the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court for the 2015 charges of possession of a firearm, ammunition and one gramme of marijuana. He pleaded not guilty to all three charges. He was jointly charged with Venezuelan Ramon Small de Jesus for the firearm and ammunition offences.
De Jesus had pleaded guilty to the possession of a firearm and ammunition, saying that he had the weapon to protect himself from pirates at sea. He was sentenced to two years hard labour in jail and was scheduled for deportation following his incarceration.
Boodram’s father, Dole Chadee was one of Caribbean’s most notorious drug lords but was never convicted of drug-related offences. He along with eight members of his gang was executed by the State in January 1999 after they were convicted of murdering four members of the Baboolal family in Piparo five years earlier.