CRIME Chief Seelall Persaud disclosed, yesterday, that following the brutal murder of taxi driver Rudrinauth Jeeboo on December 28, 2013, a suspect was held for questioning several days ago but, so far, no charges have been laid although the probe continues.Jeeboo’s mutilated body was found in a pile of refuse on Cane View Avenue, in South Ruimveldt and his motor car aback of Guyhoc Gardens, another part of city, stripped of several parts.
The victim had been attached to Pegasus for many years and had picked up a couple in the compound of the hotel after which his whereabouts were unknown.
A post-mortem revealed that he suffered blunt trauma to the head.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law Enforcement) said while they have no new information regards the Jeeboo homicide, they have been arresting and charging persons who are targeting taxi drivers.
Persaud explained that this was the case with slain taxi driver, Raphael Campbell, whose body was found on the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast of Demerara, on January 3, 2014, for which three men were arrested and charged.
Persaud made the disclosure in response to questions about a possibility that two gangs of carjackers may be operating in the city, seeking out vulnerable and unsuspecting taxi drivers after which they are lured, killed and relieved of their vehicles.
Raphael Campbell, 30, of Simpson Street, Beterverwagting, East Coast of Demerara, was killed between January 2 and January3 last.
It is reported that Campbell picked up some male passengers on Thursday, January 2, in Camp Street, Georgetown and took them to East Coast of Demerara, where he was slain.
His body was found the following day.
According to the police, on January 3, several men, including the three, who have since been charged, were stopped at a roadblock on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway in a black Toyota Premio that was stolen from the murdered driver.
A post-mortem on the body gave the cause of death as gunshot injuries to the head.