By Travis Chase
Investigators in Guyana are checking to see whether Sawak Maraj, 33, a Chemical Engineer, from Trinidad and Tobago, staged his own kidnapping.
A source close to the investigation said the story told by Maraj “isn’t adding up”.
Maraj, of lot 131 Sandyways Fairways, Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago, came to Guyana on a Caribbean Airline Flight on Friday and was scheduled to be accommodated at Ramada Hotel, Providence East Bank Demerara, but never arrived at the hotel.
Later on, his parents were contacted in Trinidad via cellphone by an unknown person who indicated that their son was in custody in Guyana and a sum of money was later demanded for his release.
The alleged abductors demanded the ransom which had to be paid in Columbia.
Acting on intelligence, investigators were led to the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, where after several searches in different areas, Maraj was found at Madewini Resort, “well relaxed”.
Two persons who were allegedly involved in making the hotel reservation at Ramada Hotel are in custody.
