Three to be charged with taxi driver’s murder

Jan 30, 2010 News

– alleged mastermind was victim’s friend

Two Agricola men and a third from Grove, East Bank Demerara, are to be charged next week in connection with the murder of Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, called ‘Anil’, whose charred remains were found on Wednesday on the Mocha access road.
Police have said that one of the men has admitted to killing Sukhdeo. Kaieteur News was told that he identified Sukhdeo as the victim after being shown a photograph of the taxi driver.
According to sources, the alleged mastermind admitted that he and Sukhdeo were acquainted, since they had both worked as minibus drivers.
Detectives believe that the taxi driver was slain because he knew one of his abductors.
And an official stated yesterday that investigators have since confirmed that a car that they recovered from an East Bank Demerara spray painting establishment is Sukhdeo’s.
The official said that a serial number on the chassis matched the one on the stolen vehicle.
The alleged mastermind, identified as Balram Singh, of Agricola, Greater Georgetown, reportedly told police that he had sold Sukhdeo’s car to a taxi service in Grove, East Bank Demerara.
Police said that the owner of a Grove taxi service, who is one of the men in custody, has admitted to giving the alleged mastermind $600,000 for a car.
Singh allegedly told detectives that the idea was hatched when the owner of the Grove taxi service indicated that he would be happy if he could get a wagon similar to the one he owned.
The taxi service owner had crashed his wagon but he had the documents. He indicated that if he could get an identical wagon then he would simply transfer his documents to that vehicle after it would have been modified.
Singh, who owns a route 42 minibus, and another man, went in search of a wagon. Singh then returned to the owner of the taxi service and informed that he had secured a wagon and that it was in Berbice.
He told the police that this other man hired Sukhdeo from Robb Street then picked him up outside Silvie’s Variety Store near the Linden Bus Park, opposite Public Buildings.
He said that they drove to Agricola where the other man shot Sukhdeo in his head, wrapped the body in a sheet and deposited it on a dam in the village.
The police are working on the theory that Singh shot Sukhdeo in his head. They have heard that Singh rested the body on the dam in Agricola until nightfall, then removed it to Mocha where it was discovered on Wednesday. He also hid the vehicle before selling it to the taxi service owner.
Initial assessment by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, suggested that the remains were that of Sukhdeo. Investigators and relatives of the missing driver also indicated that they were prepared to await the results of DNA before they could be absolutely certain.
The body was discovered around midday, by a search party which was organised by Sukhdeo’s family.
Kaieteur News understands that the search team was in the Mocha area when they came upon a strong stench. Upon checking they found the remains and subsequently contacted the police.

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