Trinidad Muslim MP's son kidnapped and murdered
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Newsday
By Newsday
Published on 05/18/2004
THOUSANDS of mourners, including politicians, lawyers, doctors
and members of several Islamic organisations, turned out at the
Barrackpore Islamic Community Centre to bid farewell to Ashmead Baksh,
30, son of UNC MP for Naparima Nizam Baksh, who was shot to death and
partially burnt one day after being kidnapped. Police investigating the
weekend murder of Baksh, a contract supervisor who worked in his
father’s contracting business, told Newsday that fear of being held by
persons searching for Baksh, including members of the
Jamaat-al-Muslimeen, led to the kidnappers aborting their plans to hold
Baksh for a $5 million ransom and, in the end, deciding to kill him
instead.
Kidnap victim Ashmead Baksh, Shazara Baksh sister, and father Nizam Baksh, MP for Naparima.
Ashmead
Baksh’s widow Reshma, seated left, and mother Latiffa, being
hugged at right, are among the Muslim women who mourned his death at
his funeral in Barrackpore yesterday.
Who wanted MP’s son dead?
It still remains a mystery today why Ashmead, 30, was so brutally
killed. He was described as a kidnap victim, but police believe
otherwise. It was a hit, according to one officer, who says the
trail has since gone cold.