A FOURTEEN- year- old girl of Lot 12 Supply, East Bank Demerara has been missing since Wednesday and her parents are of the strong view that she might be in a situation where she is being held against her will.
The police are questioning three men, including a teenager, in connection with the girl’s disappearance.
Missing is Entiya Singh, a student of the Institute of Professional Education located on the East Bank of Demerara. According to the missing child’s mother Indira Boodram, her child was absent from school on the day she went missing because of problems she was encountering at the school.
However, the mother was not willing to share much information on what may have led to her child’s disappearance, but the father Rachpaul Singh, pointed to the fact that their daughter attempted to commit suicide at the school last Tuesday. The mother would only say that the daughter was “slipping up” and that, that was cause for conflict.
The mother said that on Wednesday last, Entiya left home to go to a relative living nearby, but never return home.
Mrs. Singh said she has reported her daughter’s disappearance to the police.
The child’s mother told the Guyana Chronicle that on Friday she received a call from a blocked number but the person on the other end of the line was not saying anything. She said that she then immediately suspected the caller to be her daughter and called her name.
At that point she said that the child responded by saying “Mommy” in a very depressing voice.
She said that her daughter sounded as if she was being held against her will by one or more persons.
She also added that she is a very strict mother and is also ruling out the fact that her daughter might not be willing to come home, since she may be afraid that she may be subjected to harsh discipline.
The parents are encouraging anyone who may be holding their daughter against her will to release her so that she can return to her home.
They are also asking that persons who may have information on the child’s whereabouts to contact the family on telephone numbers 697-3462, 697-1814, 663-4429 or the nearest police station.
Contacted last evening, Commander ‘A’ Division Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken confirmed that three persons have been arrested and are assisting the police with the investigation.
It was communicated that those in custody are three men aged 15, 18 and 37. The 37-year-old man is said to be the person in whose car another 14-year-old girl who is now missing was last seen. It was also reported that the man is familiar with the 15-year-old boy who is also in custody.
The Guyana Chronicle has since been able to confirm also that the statements which were submitted by the three persons all link each other to being in contact with the young lady before she disappeared, but as to where the young lady is at this point is not something that the police have been able to determine.
By Leroy Smith