Missing 14-year-old: Teen found with bruises on body, 2 in custody

Fourteen-year-old Varshnie Ramdass, who went missing on Wednesday last after dropping her brother off to school, has been found.
The child’s mother, Pinkey Ganga, on Wednesday disclosed that relatives found the teen following the publication of the story by this newspaper on Tuesday.
She revealed that after readying the story in Guyana Times, someone contacted the family and informed them that the young lady was seen at a location in Belle West, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
The mother said the family then contacted the Police, and together they went to the location at around 23:00h on Tuesday, where the child was reportedly found in the company of the same man she had complained had inappropriately approached her in the past.
At the time, both teens were staying with the man and his wife. The couple have since been taken into custody.
The mother also told this publication that the teen was found with bruises about her body.
When asked, the mother could not say if the teen was being held against her will.
Both the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) and the Police are investigating.
Efforts to contact Regional Commander Errol Watts for a comment on this development proved futile.
Ramdass disappeared at around 11:30h after she had dropped her brother off at the Vreed-en-Hoop Primary School.
She and her mother had reportedly made plans to visit the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School that very day for her to be enrolled as a student.
On the day the teen girl went missing, she had in her possession $15,000, her personal documents and a one pennyweight gold chain. (G9)