Nervous family members told Stabroek News that Motilall had left his home at 5 am yesterday as usual and had gone to the farm where the abduction later occurred sometime around 9:30 am. While he had been sitting on the side of a bridge leading to the farm, awaiting the arrival of punts, three of the men ambushed him while two others stood waiting.

It was reported that shots were fired during the attack which ended with the men dragging Motilall off the bridge and marching him off towards the Friendship area.

Motilall's family was later contacted and a ransom of $20M was demanded for the man's release. The last call to the family was made at around 7:30 pm last night.

When Stabroek News visited the man's home late yesterday, relatives, friends and members of the community had converged at his home offering support to the family and awaiting word from the kidnappers. The man is widely known throughout the area and is the largest cane farmer there.
While there were reports that the man's body had been found, this could not be confirmed at press time by the family, who said they were still holding out hope.

Motilall's kidnapping was the latest in a series that had a bloody denouement on Monday. In the recent incidents, the body of Camaldeo Ganesh was found in the Buxton backdam after he was kidnapped and held for ransom. His motor bike which he was riding when he was ambushed was found some feet away.
A day later businessman Brahmanand Nandalall was kidnapped in a bullet-riddled attack through two city streets and he was held until Monday morning when he escaped his captors.