DEPUTY Police of Commissioner (Law Enforcement), Mr. Seelall Persaud yesterday said that although a bulletin had been issued for a suspect who is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Diamond taxi driver, Rajendra Puran, no one was charged, but several persons were questioned and later released. He said the bulletin was issued to the media, but the specifics were not listed until sometime after the murder; but the matter is still active, as the police follow up on several leads which may lead to the arrest of the suspect.
Rajendra Puran, 40, of Lot 1296 Section C, Block Y, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was found dead in a drain at Logwood, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, on May 3, 2012.
A post-mortem performed on Puran’s body on May 4, 2012 revealed that he died of manual strangulation and blunt trauma to the head.
Detectives at the scene said Puran’s death might have been the result of a robbery/hijacking. They surmise that he had been killed elsewhere and his body dumped at the Enmore location.
His white Toyota Raum, HB 9875, is yet to be located.
Puran’s grieving widow, Vesta Puran, said her husband had left home for work at around 21:00 hrs the previous day, after he had had a meal and a bath.
She had retired to bed, but at about 02:00 hrs the next morning, she awoke and realised he had not returned home as usual.
She had tried to contact him on his cellular phone, but had gotten no answer; and, after several attempts, she knew something was amiss.
The woman said she telephoned his relatives and friends, hoping they knew of his whereabouts, but no one seemed to know where he was, until a friend informed that a man’s body was lying at Enmore.
She and others had hurried to the scene, and had identified her husband.