Sascha Wil­son

Ma­yaro MP Rush­ton Paray is mak­ing a pub­lic ap­peal for as­sis­tance in lo­cat­ing three Rio Claro girls - two sis­ters and a cousin - who went miss­ing on Tues­day.

Ka­reena Ba­ball, 17, Kash­mi­ra Ba­ball, 12, and Akeila Mani­ram, 13, were last seen at their Navet Vil­lage home around 5.30 pm.

Paray called on the com­mu­ni­ty to unite to sup­port the Ba­bal and Mani­ram fam­i­lies.

"To­day, the Ba­bal and Mani­ram fam­i­lies of Rio Claro are gripped with wor­ry and ap­pre­hen­sion as they await news re­gard­ing the where­abouts of their daugh­ters, Ka­reena Ba­bal, Kash­meera Ba­bal, and Akeila Mani­ram.

As a fa­ther of three daugh­ters, he said he shared in the deep con­cern for the safe­ty and well-be­ing of the young ladies.

"The an­guish and un­cer­tain­ty ex­pe­ri­enced by their fam­i­lies are unimag­in­able, and our hearts go out to them dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time."

Paray said he earnest­ly hoped that the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is mo­bi­liz­ing all avail­able re­sources and em­ploy every pos­si­ble av­enue to lo­cate and en­sure the safe re­turn of the girls to the lov­ing em­brace of their par­ents.

"In times like these, our com­mu­ni­ty of Rio Claro must unite in sol­i­dar­i­ty and vig­i­lance, ex­tend­ing sup­port to the fam­i­lies af­fect­ed and aid­ing the au­thor­i­ties in their ef­forts to bring these young girls home safe­ly."

He urged any­one with in­for­ma­tion on their where­abouts to con­tact the TTPS im­me­di­ate­ly or The Hunters Search & Res­cue Team head­ed by Cap­tain Val­lance Ram­barat at 1 (868) 799-1453.