Shas­tri Boodan

There are to be more po­lice pa­trols in Fe­lic­i­ty, Ch­agua­nas, fol­low­ing Thurs­day’s shoot­ing of a 52-year-old man.

Coun­cil­lor for the area on the Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion Wendy Fran­cis, made the promise yes­ter­day, as she said that the com­mu­ni­ty has been faced with a grow­ing crime prob­lem.

She spoke with the me­dia fol­low­ing a short cer­e­mo­ny to dis­trib­ute a lap­top and sev­er­al vouch­ers at her Ca­can­dee Road, Fe­lic­i­ty of­fice.

She said, “There has been an up­surge of crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty in Fe­lic­i­ty, En­deav­our and Ch­agua­nas by ex­ten­sion. What we have seen is that the crim­i­nal el­e­ments have been work­ing and study­ing the move­ments of the res­i­dents. With the in­creased num­ber of ten­ants re­sid­ing through­out the Fe­lic­i­ty/En­deav­our, we found that these per­sons are ob­serv­ing and tim­ing the res­i­dents.”

She said as the elect­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tive for Fe­lic­i­ty/En­deav­our and as the chair­man for Dis­as­ter and Se­cu­ri­ty Com­mit­tee of the Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion, she has been col­lab­o­rat­ing with the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice to in­crease po­lice pa­trols in those ar­eas.

On Thurs­day, 52-year-old Ma­hase Ram­per­sad, an em­ploy­ee of the Ch­agua­nas Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion, was shot by ban­dits not too far from his home at Ca­can­dee Road. Ram­per­sad had gone to a near­by su­per­mar­ket around 4 pm to make a pur­chase. He was shot in his up­per leg by ban­dits.

Dur­ing yes­ter­day’s cer­e­moy meanewhile, Fran­cis said the vouch­ers and lap­top were do­nat­ed by SWAY (Serv­ing Women and Youth).

She said the lap­top pro­gramme will tar­get un­der­priv­i­leged chil­dren. She said food vouch­ers went to fam­i­lies and were do­nat­ed by a cor­po­rate en­ti­ty.