Latest update February 14th, 2025 8:22 AM
Murdered truck driver…Three detainees released on bail
Three men who were detained by police in connection with the murder of Mahaica truck driver
Jadesh Dass have secured their liberty, after they each posted $100,000 station bail.
The men, the owner of the truck that Dass was driving, his (the owner’s) brother, and another villager, had moved to the High Court, through their attorney in order to secure their freedom.
They were detained for questioning shortly after Dass’s body was discovered early Tuesday morning on the parapet of the Unity, Mahaica Main Road.
Dass, according to a post mortem report, had been shot twice in the head after he had stopped his truck on the desolate roadway in the wee hours of the morning. At the time he was headed for the Linden/Soesdyke Highway sandpits.
Police had arrested the three men after reports of a love affair involving Dass and one of the men’s wives were circulated. However, investigators have gotten no further than those reports after questioning the suspects.
This newspaper was told that following the disclosure that Dass was shot, detectives swabbed the hands of the suspects for any gunpowder residue. Those results will be known in a few days.
From all appearances Dass, of Chelsea Park, Mahaica, was forced to stop his truck on the dark and lonely thoroughfare by his assailants who then murdered him before dumping his body on the nearby parapet close to a trench that runs parallel to the roadway.
Such was the brutality of the attack on Dass that pieces of his skull were left at the spot where his body was lying.
Investigators have ruled out robbery as a motive since the cash that Dass was carrying was still intact.
Reports reaching this
Jadesh Dass
newspaper stated that another driver had noticed Dass’ truck parked in a dark section of the road, with the hazard lights on. At first the other driver thought that Dass had been tending to a call of nature in the nearby bushes and he stopped to ensure that that was the case.
However, after calling out for Dass and getting no answer, he became suspicious and decided to check the area around the truck.
His suspicions were further aroused when he noticed Dass’ cellular phone on the road; but there was still no sign of him.
“When he pick up de cell phone he say ‘dis nah look right’ and he jump in back he truck and he turn back and he call me. Me next driver de coming down so I tell dem go at de scene and wait deh, me ah come. When me come, me check and me see he,” the owner of the truck had related shortly before he was detained.
He immediately informed the police at the Mahaica Police Station.
Gopaul said that he found it strange that Dass would stop at such a lonely spot – an observation also made by some of his colleagues.
“Got to be like somebody drive up in front ah he. Because if me ah drive a vehicle pon a long road like dis and time like dat, me nah guh stop normal and pick up somebody. De truck hazard been on, so it got to be something mek he put on de hazard,” he reasoned.
“Dat man nah guh stop so. Even if we puncture and deh pon de road, we would pass and call somebody, we nah guh stop,” another driver said.
Investigators believe that they are on the right track towards solving the case. They have already established that Dass was shot at point blank range with a handgun gun.
Kaieteur News understands that his face bore a single gunshot entry mark near the right eye.
There are no houses close to where Dass was killed and not even the nearest neighbor, a few hundred yards away, reported hearing a gunshot, even in the still of the night.
Investigators will be seeking out other persons connected to the trucking service where Dass was employed as they continue their probe.
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