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Man’s bound body in sandpit…Two women among suspects in custody
Two women are among three suspects in custody in connection with the murder of fisherman Levan Chanderpaul, whose battered and decomposing body was found in a sandpit at No 68 Village, Corentyne on Wednesday.
Levan Chanderpaul
Police sources said that Chanderpaul was involved in a relationship with one of the detained women, whose husband is overseas.
The woman resides a short distance from the area where the fisherman’s corpse was found. Chanderpaul’s mother said that her son spent most of his time at the woman’s home.
According to reports, the fisherman was also recently threatened by a suspected drug dealer over the theft of a turkey.
Although the matter was settled out of court, the man had reportedly promised to ‘do away’ with Chanderpaul. That man and his wife are also in custody.
At around 15:30 hrs on Wednesday, the fisherman’s body was found in a sandpit about half of a mile west of the public road and not too far from where he lived.
His hands were bound behind his back and he was clad in only his underwear.
A post mortem examination conducted yesterday by Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan showed that the victim died from shock and hemorrhage and that his skull was fractured.
According to the man’s distraught mother, Mala Seeranie Chanderpaul, her son had lived with her and his father, Kushipaul Chanderpaul at their Lot 116 Number 68 Village residence. However he had only recently resumed going back out to sea . During the time away from sea, she said he helped his father in the rice field.
The woman stated that her son left home around 19:30 hrs last Monday, and had said he would return in about two hours’ time.
When he failed to return, the family at first assumed that he had changed his mind and was hiding somewhere.
His mother eventually made a missing person report on Wednesday morning and search parties were dispatched.
The mother alleged that while searching for her son, the alleged drug dealer’s wife suggested that she “go behind he woman house at the back street, he deh deh.”
Chanderpaul’s body was eventually spotted in the sandpit, after a boy who was grazing sheep and goats went to the area.
According to the woman, her son was scheduled to return to sea on Tuesday and had already packed his bags.
Investigators speculate that the fisherman was beaten elsewhere and his body dumped in the pit, since they found no signs of blood or evidence of a struggle near the sandpit.
Chanderpaul was well known in the community and was charged numerous times with various offences, including piracy.
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