Derek Achong

A for­mer class­mate de­scribed 19-year-old Kav­ish Per­sad as a “fe­ro­cious de­bater” yes­ter­day, as rel­a­tives, friends, and school­mates bid farewell to the Hillview Col­lege schol­ar who died in a car ac­ci­dent along the Beetham High­way on Tues­day.

Per­sad’s fu­ner­al was held at his fam­i­ly’s Ma­he­lal Street, Aranguez, home, be­fore a large pro­ces­sion made its way to the Ca­roni Cre­ma­tion Site, where he was cre­mat­ed un­der Hin­du rites. Mem­bers of the me­dia were not per­mit­ted in­side the ser­vice, which was at­tend­ed by scores of class­mates dressed in their school uni­forms.