Thor Security officers stay home in show of solidarity with murdered colleague

RHONDOR DOWLAT-ROSTANT

In solidarity with the cold-blooded killing of their colleague Kimraj “Ramesh” Jaggassar on Thursday in Valencia during a robbery of a cigarette truck, all firearm officers of Thor Security Services failed to turn up for their respective duties on Friday.

This was confirmed by the North/South Divisional Manager of Thor Security Services Limited Leeana Alphonso who spoke to members of the media while at the Forensic Science Centre in St James.

Alphonso described Jaggassar as an officer who was dedicated to his job, “He worked sweat and was dedicated to his job. He was well-known in the company. None of the firearm officers came out to work today and the clients understand. We have to consult with them and do psychiatric evaluations with our officers because they are in fear but we will console our officers and help them.”

“Jaggassar was one of the well-dressed firearm officers. He used to wear suits and not Nehru-neck jackets, full suits like if he is going to church. You would have never known that he was a firearm officer,” she added.

Alphonso said the incident came across to them as vengeance and related to an incident that occurred several weeks ago in Lopinot where one of their armed officers were able to prevent a robbery, “To me, it came across as a vengeance because our firearm officer was very observant as we saw in the video that went viral. We put a stop to it and it look like we embarrassed them.”

Jaggassar’s son, Neemi, who was also at the Forensic Science Centre told members of the media that he and his siblings along with their mother and the rest of the family remain in shock over the incident.

Neemi said his father was 54 years old and had five children and added that he was the breadwinner of the household.

Neemi said his father worked with the security company for 20 years and said he often spoke about his concerns about the crime situation.

“He would always say if a robbery happens while he working is either he dead or he will kill someone. He was in a situation before where he defended himself and caught them but it didn’t go so far as gun violence,” Neemi said.

“I was in work when my sister called me and told me that daddy got killed. I thought she was joking because I know that my father don’t play with his job. I saw it on social media too. The impact hit us all hard especially Divali and Christmas is so close. All our plans and celebrations are cancelled,” Neemi said.

“We don’t know what to do. It is heartbreaking. We did everything together. Daddy was a religious person. If he saw us down he would always call us together and talk to us to uplift us. He had so much love and respect for us,” he added.

Neemi said his father usually worked delivery trucks but did not know him to work that particular cigarette truck on Thursday, “We don’t know about that particular run but sometimes when he comes home he would say he had a hard day and tell us which corner or hot pot he worked at in the day. He usually worked different locations and most times would be on a truck but not on a cigarette truck.”

Several of Jaggassar’s colleagues showed up at the Forensic Science Centre as a sign of solidarity with each other and members of his family.