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West Bank woman may have been run over by two vehicles
– driver released
Police are still trying to locate the driver who struck down and killed Bibi Salima Khan on the West Coast Demerara on Saturday night, and investigators now suspect that she was run over by two vehicles.
A police official confirmed that traffic ranks have released the minibus driver who was initially suspected of driving away from the scene after knocking down the 44-year-old Khan.
Bibi Salima Khan
The source noted that although Khan had multiple injuries, the suspect’s minibus was undamaged.
“We don’t have sufficient evidence (to charge him) so a report may have to be sent to the DPP,” the official said.
From the injuries observed during the post mortem, police now suspect that Khan might have been run over by two vehicles. Her head was reportedly crushed and her legs and hands broken. The source said that the injuries were consistent with those sustained during a vehicular accident.
Because she had been drinking that night, there is also speculation that Khan may have been lying on the West Coast Demerara public road near La Union when she was killed.
But some of Khan’s relatives have expressed suspicion about the circumstances surrounding her demise. A sister is puzzled that Khan, who lived at Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, was in that area when she was reportedly heading home in a bus.
A sister of the victim said she was told that Khan left home at around 12:00 hrs on Saturday to visit a friend who was in custody at the Den Amstel Police Station, on the West Coast of Demerara.
After learning that the friend was not there, Khan reportedly went to a guard hut near the station, where she had a few drinks with a male acquaintance at around 13:00 hrs. The two reportedly then went to a shop where they consumed more alcohol.
It is alleged that at around 17:00 hrs, the man saw Khan board a minibus, reportedly with the intention of heading home.
About two hours later, Khan’s mangled body was found on the West Coast Demerara public road near La Union.
Police subsequently received information that a minibus driver had struck down Khan and driven away. He was detained the following day after another driver who claimed to have witnessed the accident gave the police the licence number of the bus.
But the suspect alleged that he was driving near La Union on Saturday night when he spotted an object on the roadway. He alleged that he swerved from the ‘object’ and stopped, but continued driving after he exited his vehicle and failed to see the ‘object’.
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