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Corentyne rice miller robbery/murder…Six held for questioning
Police are questioning six people in connection with the murder of 74-year-old Lallapersaud ‘Lall’ Juggerdeo, who was shot dead Tuesday night at his home in Number 51 Village, Corentyne.
Juggerdeo was shot in the left side of his chest when he reportedly confronted gunmen in his yard. Reports indicate that the bandits, who went to great pains to conceal their features, fled empty-handed into the backlands.
SHOT DEAD: Lallapersaud ‘Lall’ Juggerdeo
Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell told reporters yesterday that the elderly farmer owned a licenced firearm.
An autopsy performed yesterday by Government Pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan revealed that he died from shock and hemorrhage.
Juggerdeo’s son, Basant Juggerdeo, criticized the response that evening by claiming that the police at the Number 62 Village Impact Base had great difficulty starting their pick-up.
“Their vehicle battery wasn’t starting up and they had to get a push-start.” He claimed, too, that it took them awhile to arrive after the bandits had left, and that when they came, “they came with pen and paper—I don’t know if pen and paper can find the bandits.”
The man’s son also stated that police arrived at his home yesterday afternoon and conducted a search. He lives in the front house in the yard. He stated that they were searching “for ammunition.” He questioned the “stupidity” of the search and stated that someone dropped a plastic bag with money from a transaction yesterday at his home and that the police at Number 51 Police Station might have been ‘tipped off’.
Juggerdeo will be buried at the Number 55 Cemetery on Sunday.
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