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Suspect in taxi driver’s murder released
– ‘eyewitness’ retracts story
Police have released the suspect in the murder of taxi driver Balram Jadoonauth, who was gunned down last Sunday in front of his Dennis Street, Campbellville home.
Kaieteur News understands that the 36-year old man, who is also a taxi driver, was released on station bail after an alleged eyewitness denied that he had seen the suspect driving near Jadoonauth’s home on Saturday night, a few hours before the killing.
Police have been working on the theory that 24-year-old Jadoonauth, also called ‘Sanjay’, was killed because of an affair that he was having with the suspect’s wife.
Sources said that the man has admitted to police that he had threatened Jadoonauth, but denied carrying out the act. He had also reportedly approached the victim’s close family members in the hope that they would intervene in the affair.
Police officials said that phone records revealed that the suspect had contacted Jadoonauth on several occasions. According to sources, he last contacted the victim about two days before the murder.
The suspect, who works at a Georgetown taxi service, has told police that he was at home all day on Saturday, and that he left home at around 06:30 hrs on Sunday to go to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to pick up a cousin. Jadoonauth was slain at around 03:00 hrs that Sunday. Two of the suspect’s relatives also supported his story during telephone interviews with Kaieteur News.
A female relative said that the man was at home the entire Saturday. She said he left for the airport at around 06:30 hrs on Sunday to pick up a cousin who was scheduled to arrive on a 07:30 pm flight.
While he was away, police ranks visited the home and enquired about his whereabouts. They then informed her about the murder and searched the premises, but found nothing.
The lawmen subsequently left the premises with the man’s wife. On his return from the airport, the relative told the suspect about the police visit and he went to the Kitty Police Station.
Jadoonauth, who was employed with the GR Taxi Service, was shot in the back shortly after arriving home in his car at around 03:00 hrs last Sunday. He managed to drive a short distance away before crashing into a lamp pole.
Jadoonauth was cremated yesterday.
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.
His sister, Ranuka Azeez, said that her brother left the taxi service around 02:30hrs and went home. The woman told Kaieteur News that family members heard gunshots, but assumed that a car was back firing.
“My parents heard the gunshots…but they were in bed and thought it was a car or something, they never thought it would have been Sanjay.”
She said it was only after police ranks came to her parent’s 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 for the police and an ambulance. The taxi driver was pronounced dead on arrival at the GPHC.
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