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Kitty taxi driver murder… Detained husband admits threatening to kill victim, denies carrying out act
A jilted East Coast Demerara husband has reportedly admitted to threatening to kill Kitty taxi driver
Balram Jadoonauth
Balram Jadoonauth over an affair Jadoonauth was having with his wife.
But the 36-year-old suspect has denied being the gunman who ambushed and shot the 24-year-old dead on Sunday.
Police are working on the theory that Jadoonauth, called ‘Sanjay’, was slain because of a relationship that he was having with the detained man’s wife.
The suspect, who is also a taxi driver employed by a Georgetown service, was detained Sunday, reportedly after going to the Kitty Police Station. His wife, who is a hotel manager, has also been detained, but sources said that she is not cooperating with investigators.
Police officials said that forensic ranks have swabbed the man’s hands for traces of gunpowder and expect to have the results within a few days. They have also impounded the suspect’s car.
Kaieteur News understands that checks of the man’s phone records revealed that he had contacted Jadoonauth on numerous occasions. A source said that the last phone calls were made just a few days before Jadoonauth was slain.
According to sources, the husband admitted to the police that he had threatened to kill Jadoonauth over the affair between his wife and Jadoonauth. He reportedly said that he had even complained to Jadoonauth’s parents.
But police said that the man denied killing his wife’s lover, and has reportedly provided an alibi for his movements at the time Jadoonauth was slain.
Contacted yesterday, a female relative of the detained man also provided an alibi for the suspect, and denied media reports that he was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
She said that the man was at home the entire Saturday, but left for the airport at around 06:30 hrs on Sunday to pick up a cousin who had arrived on a 07:30 pm flight. She said that while he was away, police ranks arrived at the family’s home and enquired about his whereabouts. They then informed her about the murder and searched the premises, but found nothing.
They then took the man’s wife into custody and left. The woman said that when the suspect returned, she informed him that the police had asked for him. According to her, she advised him to go to the Kitty Police Station and he complied.
The woman admitted that the man and his wife had marital problems, but insisted that he is innocent.
Jadoonauth, also known as “Sanjay”, was shot dead in front of his Lot 25 Dennis Street, Campbellville, home in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
The GR Taxi Service employee was reportedly shot in the back shortly after arriving home in his car. Relatives are certain that robbery was not a motive, since the young man was still wearing his gold chain and rings. He also had all his money in his wallet.
They believe that the taxi driver was killed because of a relationship that he had with a woman, who is reportedly married. According to them, Jadoonauth was threatened twice by the husband of a female acquaintance.
The dead man’s sister, Ranuka Azeez, had stated that her brother left the taxi service around 2:30hrs and went home. The woman told Kaieteur News that family members heard gunshots, but assumed that a car was backfiring.
She said it was only after police ranks came to her parents’ home, that the family became aware of what happened. The woman said she was told that after he was shot, he managed to drive away.
However, Jadoonauth crashed into a light pole a short distance away from his home. Kaieteur News was told that residents called the police and ambulance.
A post mortem will be conducted tomorrow.
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