The son of the owner of the Double Day International Hotel at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and two of his friends remain in police custody as investigators try to solve the 2012 death of Sadeek Juman.

The businessman’s son is the manager of the hotel, and he, along with the two other suspects, was taken into custody on Thursday last, following information that on November 18, 2012, they beat Juman, 20, into a state of unconsciousness, concealed him in a room, and later in the night dumped him, while he was still alive, in the hotel’s pool.

According to information reaching this newspaper, a heated argument had ensued at the hotel after Juman arrived there with the girlfriend of the businessman’s son. Reports indicate that detectives who first handled the case botched the investigation, and Juman’s death was ruled as a drowning.
This investigation is now in the hands of the police Major Crimes Unit, and according to information received, efforts are being made to pin the blame on the friends of the hotel manager.

Juman had left his parent’s Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara home on November 18, 2012 to visit his grandmother at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo. He later headed to the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen. Clad in swimming trunks, Juman’s body was found on November 19, 2012. His cell phone and other belongings could not be located.
Juman’s relatives alleged that they were told that the pool was checked at around 01:00 hrs on November 19, and there was no sign of a body in the pool. One relative also stated that the pool was in close proximity to the bar, and a security camera had been pointed towards the pool.
According to the victim’s mother, Farida Juman, her son could not swim, and was in a shallow section of the pool, which enabled him to stand. An employee of the hotel had claimed that Juman’s body had sunk to the bottom of the pool, and the presence of other swimmers had caused the water to become ‘cloudy,’ thereby obscuring the body. He stated that the corpse floated to the surface the following day.