THREE persons remain in police custody following the execution-style killing of the fearless Berbice policeman Jirbahan Dianand, who made a lot of drug busts and created quite a stir with his impressive work while he was attached to the Narcotics Branch at Springlands.

Killed by two bullets to the head while he was sitting in his motor car, PHH 6528, on the public road at Jackson Creek, Corentyne, his homicide was reported to the police by passersby, who called out to the cop but when they got no response then went to his car to enquire, and there they found his lifeless body slumped over the steering wheel.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law Enforcement, Seelall Persaud, initially said that several persons have been arrested, questioned, and released on bail, and the matter is still being investigated.
A post-mortem conducted by Government Pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan revealed that Constable Dianand’s death was caused by gunshot injuries to the head.
Persaud opined that Dianand was executed by someone known to him, since the narcotics agent received two gunshots. In an earlier interview, Persaud had 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 be shooting from inside the car, as against from outside.”
Persaud pointed out that the vehicle’s windows were wound up and the windscreen was not damaged, indicating that his assailant was inside the vehicle at the time he was shot and killed. Two war heads have been recovered, but no spent shells have been found.
Constable Dianand was laid to rest on Thursday after a farewell service.