Latest update April 4th, 2025 12:14 AM
Mastermind detained in murder of pandit and son
Deonarine Liliah and his son Gopaul Liliah.
Police have detained a businessman who is believed to have hired individuals to kill Deonarine Liliah and his son, Gopaul Lilah, to avoid repaying a US $40,000 debt.
The suspect was detained earlier this week, following the arrest of two other men whom he is suspected to have hired to carry out the killing.
The businessman was said to have been involved in a dispute with the 61-year-old Deonarine Liliah, whom he allegedly owed US$40,000. It is believed that he hired two others to kill the 61-year-old Pandit and his 28-year-old son.
Police detained the two suspected accomplices after one of the suspects was found with a phone belonging to one of their victims. One man is said to have claimed that the other sold him the phone.
Investigators say that after butchering the father and son, the killers conducted an unsuccessful search for a document that the mastermind had signed regarding the money that he owed. Their actions were reportedly recorded by hidden CCTV cameras in the house.
The decomposing bodies of Deonarine and Gopaul Liliah were found on Tuesday in their Lot 25 Craig Street, South Half, Section ‘G’ Campbellville residence. Gopaul’s body was face-down on the floor in a pool of blood while his father’s body was in the living room.
An autopsy revealed that the victims had been stabbed 66 times. The gruesome find was made by Leewattie Ganpat, a tenant who lives in the bottom flat.
Ganpat said that she last saw her landlord and his son in the yard on Saturday around 06:00hrs. They spoke briefly.
Ganpat said later that night around 21:00hrs while using the Wi-Fi that she shares with the Liliahs, she heard some walking upstairs after which the Wi-Fi went off.
She said that she again heard someone walking.
On Sunday when Ganpat looked out for the elderly Liliah, to tell him about the Wi-Fi problem she did not see him.
After being unable to locate him for two days, Ganpat made a report to the station at around 09.30 on Tuesday.
Police who arrived at the house found the back door ajar. They entered the house and discovered the bodies.
Police reportedly recovered CCTV footage which showed an unidentified male jumping the Western fence and entering the home, through the northern front door.
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