THE main suspect in the bedroom stabbing death of 23-year-old mechanic Puranand ‘Andrew’ Baljit of 57 Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) has been positively identified, and is expected to be arraigned shortly.Police Public Relations Officer Jairam Ramlakhan said yesterday that the file is currently with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice, and the lone suspect is in police custody. No new suspects have been arrested, he added.

The suspect was apprehended on Saturday night at the Georgetown seawall, when he showed up to meet his girlfriend. Prior to his arrest, Ramlakhan said, the suspect was in hiding, but was lured to the seawall by his girlfriend, who has been cooperating with the police on the matter.

Following his arrest, the suspect reportedly admitted under questioning that he had entered Baljit’s bedroom earlier that night, and had secreted himself until the victim was asleep. He said that Baljit woke up suddenly, and they had had a fierce scuffle.

The girlfriend, arrested on Friday, was questioned and later released, as were two of Baljit’s friends.

Baljit was found in his bedroom last Thursday night with several stab wounds about his body. The part-time electronics technician had a lot of laptops and cell phones stored at his home, where he did repairs when he got the time, since he worked full-time with his father at a mechanic workshop housed at their home.

Baljit’s father said he heard his son scream on Thursday night, and he rushed over to his bedroom, but found that the door was locked. He then exited the house, climbed through his son’s bedroom window, and found him lying in blood.

He said his son was then taken by his stepmother to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.