DEPUTY Police Commissioner, ‘Law Enforcement’, Mr. Seelall Persaud, has said that three other persons have been arrested and are assisting police in investigating the execution-style killing of Police Constable 20682 Jirbahan Dianand, who had been attached to the Narcotics Branch in Springlands, Corentyne Berbice.

Persaud added that several other persons were initially arrested, questioned and released on bail.
Dianand was known for making many drug busts in Berbice. He was shot twice in the head execution-style whilst in his car last Friday. Passersby found his body in his motor car which was parked on the public at Jackson Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, and they informed the police. A post-mortem performed by Government Pathologist, Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan gave the cause of Dianand’s death as gunshot injuries to the head.
Persaud initially said that Dianand had likely known his killer(s), since he had been killed by two gunshots. Persaud said, “It seems to suggest that it’s someone that he knows…from the circumstances and the way the car was. He wasn’t driving at the time. The person seemed to (have shot Dianand) from inside the car, as against from outside.”
Persaud pointed out that the car’s windows were up and the windscreen was not damaged, indicating that Dianand’s assailant(s) was/were inside the vehicle at the time he was shot and killed. Two warheads have been recovered from the scene, but no spent shells have been found.
Constable Dianand was laid to rest yesterday.