VISHNU Persaud, brother of murdered businesswoman Patricia Sanasie, having released a recording of a conversation purportedly held between his now deceased sister and an alleged hitman, has left the country.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the man decided to leave the country after he had provided the police with a statement regarding the revelations he made to media personnel on Wednesday during a press conference.

The statement the young man made to the police also includes how he came to acquire the recording which he shared with reporters.

Police sources have also confirmed being in receipt of the recording with the purported conversation between the alleged hitman and the now dead woman, as provided by her brother. One source related that the police are investigating the new leads and are presently reviewing the recording to confirm the voices captured on the tape.

This publication was told that the ex-policeman identified in the recording had formerly been arrested, detained and questioned in relation to the same matter after the businesswoman had reported that he had threatened her.

Persaud dropped the bombshell on Wednesday when he called a press conference to report that he was fearful for his life, and that a recording between the dead woman’s husband and another man had made him even more fearful, since it indicated that a hit had also been placed on him.

In the recording, which this newspaper was privileged to listen, a voice purported to be that of the late businesswoman’s husband was heard saying something (“three of we will go one time”) referring to himself, his wife and her brother.

The husband had, in 2014, reported that he had been given information that his wife had paid someone to carry out a hit on his life. That attempt on the businessman’s life while he was at his business place in Alberttown failed. It was after that failed execution that the man had broken his silence and had gone to the police. The woman and her brother were questioned by the police, but no charges were laid.

In January of this year, Patricia Sanasie was gunned down in front of her home moments after returning from church and attempting to open her gate, she was killed in the presence of one of her daughters.