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Two detained in Zeelugt cemetery murder
-victim died of strangulation, head trauma
Members of the Tuschen Community Policing Group early yesterday morning captured the man who is considered
Dead: Afroze Ali
the main suspect in Sunday’s murder at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.
According to reports, the man who has been identified only as ‘Sunny’ was found hiding in an abandoned house in the Tuschen New Scheme. He was caught by members of the CPG and subsequently handed over to the ranks of the Leonora Police Station.
They also arrested a second man identified as Anthony Albert, 57, late yesterday afternoon. Up to press time yesterday both men were still in police custody assisting with investigations.
Both Sunny and Albert were said to be drug addicts.
Afroze Ali, 40, was found dead in a cemetery at Tuschen. Eyewitnesses said that she was in the company of the two men just before she died.
A post mortem examination revealed that Ali died as a result of asphyxiation due to manual strangulation compound with blunt trauma to the head. The post mortem was done yesterday at the Ezekiel Funeral home by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh. Samples were taken from the woman’s vaginal area for further testing.
Ali was found half naked on Sunday at around 11:00 hours after ‘Sunny’ informed the woman’s relatives that she was dead and in the burial ground. Shortly after relatives confirmed what ‘Sunny’ told them, the man vanished. A shallow grave, believed to have been freshly dug, was found near the woman’s body.
There are also reports from villagers that Ali would frequent the area where she was found dead and was seen in ‘Sunny’s’ company on more than one occasion. This publication was also informed that the woman was an alcoholic. Relatives say she had gone into a state of depression some 13 years ago following the brutal murder of her husband who was caught in a triangular love affair.
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