Wife, brother of murdered poultry farm employee testify

May 20, 2018 News

The wife and brother of murdered Edun Poultry Farm employee Aga Khan, were among the witnesses called to testify earlier this week, when the trial of Mahendra Bishundial continued at the High in Georgetown. Bishundial is charged with the 2012 killing.

Mahendra Bishundial

MURDERED: Aga Khan

He is on trial before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a 12-member mixed jury for the murder which occurred during the course or furtherance of a robbery on November 6, 2012 at Busby Dam, Craig, East Bank Demerara.
A police release stated that Khan was attacked by four men, one of whom was armed with a handgun and others with knives. Khan was driving motor lorry GJJ 2806 owned by Edun Poultry Farms, east along Busby Dam, when the men walked into the path of the vehicle causing the driver to stop. One of the men then approached Khan and demanded cash. He was shot to his neck in the process.
Investigations were carried out and Bishundial was arrested and charged.
The murdered man’s wife Sunita Jaigobin told the court that on the day of the killing her husband left home at around 07:00 am for work at Edun Poultry Farm. She said that around 17:00hrs that evening she received a called and as a result went to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where she saw her husband lying motionless on a stretcher.
According to Jaigobin, the dead man was clad in a white T-Shirt with what appeared to be blood on it.
For his part, the dead man’s brother, Sharif Khan, testified to identifying the remains of his brother to Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh on November 9, 2012 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary
Also testifying was Saeed Edun, who told the court that Aga Khan was one of his employees. According to the poultry farmer, on that tragic day, Aga Khan collected the keys to Canter truck GJJ 2806, while another employee uplifted the bill books and a cellular phone.
Edun said that around 17:00hrs that said day, he received a phone call from his wife which caused him to leave their home at Busby Dam, Craig, East Bank Demerara. The witness said that the Canter truck was parked along the Dam and he saw Aga Khan and another employee lying inside in a crouching position.
The poultry farmer recalled that he transported the injured men to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, after which, he left for the Grove Police Station to inquired about what had transpired. He disclosed that a total of $48,000 was missing from the Canter truck.
The murder accused is being represented by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes. Leading the case for the state is prosecutor Mandel Moore.
This trial is continuing.

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