Police in Trinidad and Tobago (TT) are investigating the suspected kidnapping of 40-year-old gardener Doodnath Khan, of Fourth Street, Malick, after he reportedly told his wife he was being held in Venezuela and that a TT$200,000 ransom was being demanded for his release.

Khan, a national of Guyana who resides in Trinidad, was last seen by his wife around 7 a.m. on February 20 when he left home to tend a garden at Hasmath Ali Street, Johnny King Road, Aranguez, according to a Trinidad Express report.

He was driving a white H100 vehicle and wearing a red T-shirt and black three-quarter pants. Around 9.30 p.m., he called to say he was finishing work and would return home shortly.

At about 4.50 a.m. on February 21, his wife reported receiving a live WhatsApp video call from Khan, during which he claimed he had been kidnapped and taken to Tucupita before the call was cut off. She later received another call from his phone stating that his captors were demanding ransom money.

The matter was reported to the Barataria Police Station. Officers who visited the garden found a wooden and galvanised structure with its western door open. In front of the building, they observed a small quantity of blood, a cutlass with what appeared to be a blood-stained handle, a black knapsack, a pair of blue-and-white slippers, and a black tie-strap. No one was present at the scene.

The area was processed by crime scene investigators, and officers from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit are assisting with enquiries, which are ongoing.

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