2012 killing of Mahaica trucker… Businessman, hired gunman to face murder charges today

Jul 07, 2016 News

A Chelsea Park, Mahaica businessman and the killer he allegedly paid a $500,000 fee are to be charged today for the murder of Mahaica trucker, Jadesh Dass.

The businessman, from the well-known Bhopaul family, is said to have hired an Albouystown man known as ‘Buddy’, to kill Dass, over an affair that Dass was having with the wife of the businessman’s brother.

It is anticipated that the alleged gunman’s sister, known as ‘Mala’, will play a key role in the case.

This is the information that has come to detectives from the Major Crimes Unit, and they have been questioning a 41-year-old remand prisoner, who is also from the same area as the slain trucker.
The prisoner was charged in June for allegedly hacking his wife to death at her East Coast Demerara workplace and wounding another woman. He later surrendered to police. There are reports that the suspect may have driven the plotters and gunman to the area where Dass was killed. Police had reportedly impounded a vehicle that he had once used.
Meanwhile, the alleged gunman and two Chelsea Park, Mahaica brothers remain in custody.
The detained brothers include a sibling whose wife was allegedly having an affair with Dass, and another brother who allegedly paid an Albouystown man, known as ‘Buddy,’ $500,000 to execute Dass over the affair.
Police yesterday secured a High Court order to keep the men in custody for another 24 hours.
Police had also questioned three other brothers from the same family, along with the alleged gunman’s sister, known as ‘Mala’. It was she who reportedly suggested to one of the brothers that they hire her sibling to carry out the murder.
There are reports that some of the suspects have been having an attack of conscience and that at least one of them had repeatedly divulged details about the murder while under the influence.
The detained gunman has reportedly told investigators that he was given a $200,000 ‘down-payment’, and collected a further $300,000 after the ‘job’ was done.
In the early hours of April 17, 2012, the gunman and other plotters parked a truck on Mahaica New Road. Leaving the hazard light on, the men pretended that the vehicle had broken down.

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