Cops have no suspects in Radio talk-show
October 24, 2006
DETECTIVES from the Organised Crime Investigative Division (OCID), are now assisting a team of sleuths probing last week's abduction of popular talk-show host and university lecturer, Dr Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart.
Head of the St Andew Central police division, Superintendent George Quallo, said that although the police were combing through the information available to them, no suspects have yet been identified.
"We have not yet put a face or identity to any of the persons suspected to be involved in the abduction. We are working on it in detail and hope to make a breakthrough soon," Quallo told the Observer.
Stewart was abducted last Thursday evening as he walked to his Mitsubishi Pajero SUV in the parking lot of the Social Sciences Faculty at the University of the West Indies (UWI). He had just finished giving a lecture to a group of students in that department.
Police say two men held Stewart at gunpoint and forced him into his sports utility vehicle. He was later released, but not before his abductors relieved him of his licensed firearm.
Stewart has since expressed his gratitude to his captors for sparing his life.
The police have also refuted reports that investigators are looking into the possibility that Stewart's claim might be a publicity stunt....
Author: Karyl Walker
Source: Jamaica Observer
