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Feb 16, 2013 News
Scores turned out at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground yesterday, to pay their final respects to little Jamal Naranjan, and to show their support for his bereaved relatives, during a poignant funeral service, which was conducted by Pastor Selwyn Sills.
The child was later interred at the Christianburg Cemetery.
Prior to the Service at the Sports club, several persons had converged at the Buck Hill residence of the victim, to get a glimpse of him as he lay in his small, white and gold casket. Many were reduced to tears as they viewed the child; his distraught mother Neisha Naranjan sobbed heartbreakingly.
Narajan was knifed to death, last Wednesday, by his mother’s former lover Rawle Samuels, who had reportedly, earlier raped the woman’s relative.
Among those who attended at the funeral service were Leader of the Opposition David Granger, officials of the Ministry of Education, Members of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon and Rennis Morian, and Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon, all of whom offered their condolences, and words of encouragement to the bereaved.
Member of Parliament Kissoon said that she admired the fortitude of Jamal’s mother, Neisha Naranjan. She added that she did not know, whether she would be able to stand in similar circumstances. She questioned, “What manner of man could look at an innocent child and do such a thing?”
Another Member of Parliament Rennis Morian while reflecting on the tragedy declared that a paradigm shift is needed for transforming Region Ten, as people are in great distress.
Morian called on the business community and major stakeholders to work together to bring about such transformation.
A great uncle of the child, reminiscing on the short life of his nephew noted, “It could have been anybody’s child, making it even more painful is the fact that this individual (accused), would take Jamal to school and romp with him.”
The man said that Jamal’s killer had kneeled on his ( Jamal’s) hands as he plunged the knife into his body, while the child pleaded, “Rawlie, what ya doing?’He had only moments earlier shouted to his aunt to run away from his attacker, the man noted.
The child’s aunt, who was sexually assaulted by the man moments before he attack the child, said that the child died to save her. A teacher from the Burnham Drive Nursery, where Jamal had been a pupil,described him as loving , caring, a little mischievous, and full of energy, while the pupils of the school sang a goodbye song, dedicated to him.
Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Early Childhood Fraternity, Ingrid Trotman, recalled that the day was a very sad one. She however posited that when such things happen, they happen for a purpose-they happen to make us stronger. (Enid Joaquin)
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