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Hampshire robbery/murder…Slain businessman’s wife IDs two suspects
Detectives in Berbice believe that they have solved the murder of Hampshire businessman, Devendra Deodat, who was chopped and shot dead by bandits who also wounded his wife and father-in-law last Monday.
Top police officials disclosed yesterday that Deodat’s wife, Mala, has positively identified two suspects as the same men that the victims had unmasked during the attack.
Davendra Deodat
Kaieteur News understands that the suspects are in their early twenties and reside in the same community as their victims.
Police said that one of the identified men was released from jail the same day that Doedat was slain. He was reportedly incarcerated for unlawful possession of a firearm. Detectives are also seeking a third suspect, who reportedly resides in New Amsterdam.
“Based on information we held a number of suspects including one who came out of prison on Monday,” a source said, while disclosing that charges are likely by next Tuesday.
Kaieteur News was told that all of the detained men have previous convictions.
Devendra Deodat, 34, the owner of Cool Runnings Trucking Service, was chopped and then shot dead at around 18:30 hrs on Monday after a group of masked men stormed the grocery shop which he and his wife, Mala, 29, operated.
The bandits also chopped Deodat’s wife in the head and shot her father, Rafeek Abdul, 47, in the left arm. However, the couple reportedly managed to unmask two of the intruders, who escaped with $560,000, a gold band, a laptop computer and a cell phone.
A post- mortem performed on Deodat on Wednesday at the N/A Hospital concluded that Deodat died of shock and haemorrhage due to gunshot wounds. He is expected to be buried on Monday.
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