THREE security guards are in custody as detectives investigate various motives behind the murder of 49-year-old Latchmin Shivpujan, who was stabbed to death last Monday in her home at Crane, West Coast Demerara.Police said that the three detained men are security guards. Shivpujan, called ‘Radika’, was a security guard with the Kalibur Investigative and Security Services.
Her ex-husband was one of the first persons taken into custody along with one of his relatives.
The mother of two was found lying in blood with stab wounds to the upper thigh.
She is believed to have been slain shortly after midnight when neighbours heard her screaming in her apartment. Shivpujan lived alone in the lower flat of a two-storey house, but was reportedly frequently visited by male friends.
According to reports, another woman named Emanuel Lawrence, lives in the upper flat of the building, and she told police that in the wee hours of Tuesday morning she heard Latchmini saying, “Ow man don’t do that!” then shouts of “Manny! Manny!” apparently calling on her, but she heard nothing afterwards.
Mahadai Singh, the slain woman‘s sister, said she had not spoken to Shivpujan for over 15 years. Singh said that she and her sister were estranged because she did not approve of Shivpujan’s lifestyle.