Family seeks answers as Soesdyke man missing nearly three months

Relatives of 25-year-old Alvin Bhawani, also known as ‘Pinky’, from Soesdyke Junction, East Bank Demerara, are pleading for answers after he went missing in the interior nearly three months ago.

Bhawani reportedly left for Mabura, Region 10, on July 13, 2025, to work with a gold mining operation. Two days later, on July 15, relatives received troubling news that he had gone missing. Despite repeated reports to several police stations, including at Mabura, relatives say they have received no updates on his whereabouts.

A relative, Selena Johnson told the News Room that Bhawani reportedly left his phone, clothing and other belongings at the mining camp. Johnson said the family is worried since this is unusual for the young man.

“He does call he mother, like if he want credit or so, he does call he mother,” Johnson said.

According to Johnson, the camp’s General Manager claimed Alvin left the camp on July 15, saying he was going to the toilet but he was never seen again.

“The GM [General Manager] said how he left and said he going in the toilet and they never see he back in the camp,” Johnson explained.

According to Johnson, Bhawani left to work in the interior with a friend known only as ‘Boy’. Boy reportedly told the family that they received reports that Bhawani was spotted on a pontoon heading to Mahdia.

The missing man’s belongings left at the camp were also returned home by Boy.

“…one of the boys that went working with him from the camp, a friend of him, bring home his phone and his music box,” Johnson said.

The family is hoping to find answers about Bhawani’s disappearance and Johnson further added that it is unusual for him to stay away so long from home.

“He mother worry about it but we know when he go in the interior he don’t stay so long… we just want know if anything happen to him or if he is alive, let him come back home,” Johnson said.

His relatives are now planning a trip to the interior to search for him themselves.

Anyone with information about Alvin Bhawani’s whereabouts is asked to contact the nearest police station or his mother, Shelly Jhaman, at +592-730-9993.