Latest update November 26th, 2024 1:00 AM
Police face uphill task in solving Bartica double-murder
– all suspects released
Who bound, gagged and slit the throats of gold dealers Ramdeo Deonarine and Jainarine Raghubar?
How did the killers enter and leave unseen with a large haul of gold? Who transported them to and from the scene? Where have they stashed their booty?
Jainarine Raghubar
These are some of the questions that continue to baffle detectives one week after the two men were slain.
Police officials admitted yesterday that despite pulling out all the stops, they are facing an uphill task in tracking down the perpetrators of what appears to be a well-planned crime.
The consensus among police sources and Bartica residents is that the killers are persons that the victims knew well and trusted.
Some residents opined that the two men did not take enough precautions when transacting their business deals.
Investigators had appeared to be making some progress last week after detaining a Bartica resident, whom they believed might have transported killers and their loot.
They had also questioned employees from a taxi service after receiving reports that one of their drivers had picked up persons in the vicinity of the house where the gold dealers were slain.
The passengers were reportedly transported to the taxi service base.
Another vehicle from the same taxi service took the passengers into “the line” (the trail leading into the interior).
However, all the suspects have since been released.
The mutilated and bound bodies of Deonarine and Raguhbar were found last Sunday in a house at Second Avenue, Bartica.
The discovery was made by a female associate of Deonarine who claimed that she was invited by him to spend the day in Bartica.
Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has stated that some of the injuries Deonarine sustained suggest that he was tortured before having his throat slit.
Ramdeo Deonarine
The owner of the building, Ricky Ramnarine, has told detectives that his office which is located in the bottom flat of the building was broken into.
According to police, he stated that $1.3M, two laptop computers, 100 ounces of raw gold, a .32 Taurus pistol with six rounds and a Rolex wristwatch were stolen.
The police said that the perpetrators had broken into the premises and had also forced their way into the upper part of the building where the two men were sleeping.
Commissioner Greene said that the perpetrators took their victims to the lower portion of the building where they beat them, apparently to force them to disclose the location of even more money.
Greene also said that there was a ‘back to school party’ next door, with loud music. This would have masked any sounds coming from the victims during the attack.
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