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Body in wardrobe… Co-worker confesses to strangling Gafoor’s Manager
- Murder was staged to look like robbery
By Romila Boodram
Dead: Terry Lakhan
A man has confessed to strangling 53-year-old Terry Lakhan in the victim’s Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home Thursday night. The man said that he then tied a rope around the victim’s neck to make it look like a suicide.
The suspect and an accomplice then removed two computers, an Xbox, clothing and valuables from Lakhan’s home and escaped. As investigators continue to grill the suspect, they are hunting for his accomplice.
Kaieteur News was told that the victim had invited one of his killers into his home on Thursday night. It was that individual, who invited an accomplice and then plotted to kill and rob the man’s home.
The killers work as labourers at Gafoor’s while the victim was a Manager at the said company.
A police source explained that the suspect claimed that Lakhan invited him into his home to imbibe. He said that later that night the now dead man made ‘advances’ towards him.
The suspect claimed that he was upset and immediately left the victim’s home but returned later with a friend, who was known to the 53-year-old man.
According to information received, the second suspect went into the bedroom with Lakhan and after some time came out and told the other suspect about his plan to rob and kill the Gafoor’s Manager.
The men then strangled the father of one and tied a rope around his neck and to the wardrobe to make it look like suicide.
It is unclear whether the men planned to kill Lakhan before they went into his home or whether it was decided on while they were there.
A Post Mortem confirmed that the victim had been strangled.
Police sources explained that the suspect claimed that they left the scene after killing their victim and went to work as usual on Friday.
However, an eyewitness recognized one of them when they were leaving the premises.
She gave police this information and ranks went to the home of one of the killers yesterday and arrested him. He subsequently confessed to the murder. The second person is on the run.
A neighbour discovered Lakhan’s nude body hanging by a cord in his wardrobe around 23:30 hrs Thursday night.
Kaieteur News understands that a few packets containing tablets were in one of his hands and family photographs were strewn near the corpse.
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I am so sorry to hear how this young man met his demise, this is to show you cannot invite folks to your home any more, wow so sad. I would not invite anyone over to visit with me when I am visiting Guyana cause you don’t know what they are planning to do with you on their visit. I cannot believe the things that people are doing now in Guyana to each other, its so hard for me to comprehend its not funny. I haven’t visited my country in over 40 years and I would like to do so but the crime rate is off the chain. I was thinking about moving back there to live, I own five houses there and really don’t miss anything there, I have people living in these houses.