Busi­ness­man and Hin­du pun­dit Dr Don­ny Sam­lal has raised con­cerns about the be­hav­iour of some tour op­er­a­tors at Pi­geon Point Beach, say­ing they ap­peared to be un­der the in­flu­ence short­ly be­fore sev­en-year-old An­gel­i­ca Jo­gie was killed in a jet ski in­ci­dent.

Dr Sam­lal, whose fam­i­ly is close to the Jo­gie fam­i­ly and whose chil­dren all at­tend San Fer­nan­do TML Pri­ma­ry School, said the in­ci­dent has left them deeply trau­ma­tised, even as they call for ur­gent reg­u­la­tion of the tour op­er­a­tor in­dus­try.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia, Dr Sam­lal, who was at the beach around the time of the in­ci­dent, de­scribed the tragedy as dev­as­tat­ing and avoid­able.