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Narissa Fraser
A private second autopsy for 22-year-old Andrea Bharatt, who was abducted and killed, is underway after disgruntled citizens donated money to the family after the autopsy was unconvincing on Monday.
Bharatt’s body was found in the Heights of Aripo last Thursday after she was reported missing on January 29. She was last seen in the Arima Magistrate’s Court disguised as a taxi in a car.
An autopsy was performed at the Forensic Science Complex in St James on Monday afternoon. As of now, the only known fact is that all her organs were intact.
But when the news became known on social media, many were dissatisfied and asked for further justice.
Many people, including businessman Inshan Ishmael, have said they will contact Bharatt’s family to say they are willing to cover the fees for a private autopsy.
In a Facebook message Monday night, Ishmael said: “The authorities know that if we get the truth about Andrea’s cause of death, it will be mass protests.”
He added that he ‘can not accept this bull’, referring to the autopsy results.
He later said he went on with the family and it was agreed that he and two of his friends would pay for a second autopsy.
On Tuesday morning he posts’ Salaams and good morning. Andrea Bharatt’s private autopsy will be done at 9am … I personally want to thank my friends who came together to finish it. I can not take credit for something I do NOT do on my own. Will keep you posted as the day progresses. God bless, stay strong … KEEP YOUR VOICES LOUD! ”
Two of the suspects – Andrew Morris and Joel Balcon – died at the hospital.