Family of 4-year-old victim upset at slothful justice

Tuschen accident

…says system “unfair” to them

Weeks after four-year-old Ramkaran Mohan was struck down and killed at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), his family members are yet to hear from the Police on the matter.
The child’s relatives reached out to Guyana Times on Wednesday stating that since they took protest action late last month, they were told by the investigating officer that the file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

However, since that time, almost three weeks ago, the family is yet to receive any word on the course of the investigation and whether the errant driver would be charged or not.
As such, this publication was told by the grandmother of the lad, Bibi Nazmoon Khan that her family would yet again be taking protest action.
According to the woman, the family was advised to take additional protest action.
She related that the treatment the family received from the justice system in Guyana was “unfair”.
“We ain’t get no response from the Police; after we protested that first time, they call we and told we that the file gone to the DPP, but after that and until now we did not hear back anything from them,, so we will give them two weeks and protest again.”
Protest action was first taken on March 23 when a large crowd inclusive of family members of Mohan, friends and even students from his nursery school all gathered to lament the lack of justice for the child.
The family believes such treatment is being meted out to them since the woman who was involved in the accident is the daughter of a high-ranking Police Officer.
Following the accident, the female driver was released on $20,000 station bail. The lad, of Lot 1088 Tuschen New Housing Scheme, was returning home in the company of his brother and uncle when he met his demise.
Reports are that the child and others went to purchase a ball around 11:00h when the accident occurred. After the child was struck, the woman driver, who was allegedly unlicensed, was reportedly unaware that she had hit the lad and stopped several feet away after the child’s uncle ran in front of the vehicle.
The injured child was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.