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Mechanic stabbed to death in bedroom as parents sleep nearby
– Killer leaves murder weapon on windowsill
A 25-year-old mechanic was stabbed to death around 21:00 hrs Thursday night right next to the room his
Dead: Pooran Baljit
parents were sleeping in at their Lot 57 Madewini, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road home
Pooran Baljit was discovered with his head hanging out of his bedroom window while his body, with blood flowing from stab wounds he sustained, remained in the room.
Reports are that the mechanic was stabbed to the right and left side shoulder and left side stomach.
The killer escaped, leaving the murder weapon—a knife on the windowsill in the Mechanic’s bedroom.
The cops are working on several theories as they investigate the young man’s death. One such theory is that Baljit’s attacker entered his bedroom through an open window and hid there until the young man went inside and bolted the door—the killer then pounced on him.
Another theory is that the assailant might have grabbed the mechanic from outside the room window and stabbed him repeatedly as he was about to close it before retiring to bed.
The police have thus far ruled out robbery. They have stated that they are dealing with a clear case of murder.
Up to late yesterday, ranks from the force’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) were at the scene dusting for fingerprints and grilling persons nearby in an effort to get clues.
The house in which the young man was killed is located at the back of the mechanic shop.
Baljit’s body was discovered by his mother who immediately rushed him to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre but he was already dead.
According to information received, a short while after Baljit’s parents retired to bed, his mother heard her son screaming for his life.
The woman alerted her husband, Harichand Baljit, and they both rushed to their son’s room to see what was happening but discovered that the room was locked from inside.
While the woman waited at her son’s room door, her husband ran out to the side of their house to get to his son’s bedroom—it was there that he saw his son head hanging out of the room window.
The young man appeared dead already.
When this newspaper visited the scene yesterday, his parents would not say anything.
Neighbours however, said that when they heard that Baljit was murdered Thursday night, they combed the area in search of his attacker but came up empty handed.
The young Baljit was described as a quiet person with few friends. One resident said that Baljit was an easygoing person and was always seen on his phone texting.
“Sometimes even if he is on his bicycle he was on his phone. He also fixes cell phones for people in his quiet time,” another resident pointed out.
Investigations are ongoing.
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