Police are seeking the wife of a prominent businessman from Tain, Corentyne, the alleged mastermind in the execution of a Corentyne domestic worker. The police have so far detained a barber with whom the alleged mastermind is said to be having an affair, the barber’s wife, the two suspected hit men as well as the mastermind’s husband.

According to information received, the woman plotted the execution of 45-year- old Lilawattie Mohamed after she found out the woman was having an affair with her husband.

She allegedly sought the help of her lover, the barber in getting the hit men to kill Mohamed.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that the barber managed to solicit the services of two men from Rose Hall Town with the promise of a handsome reward.

The two men, a Jamaican and a deportee from the United states of America, who is also a tattoo artist, were tasked with making the execution appear as though it was a robbery in an effort to distract the police from the true motive of the crime.

According to reports, the Jamaican served time in his home country for murder and only recently came to Guyana.

A police source has indicated that checks will be made with International Police (Interpol) to ascertain if the information is correct.

The men made their move on Tuesday night around 23:30 hrs while Mohamed was at home with her 19-year-old son and 20-year-old daughter.

The two masked gunmen barged into their home and ordered the woman and her son, Ashad Ishack, to kneel on the floor, while the daughter hid under a bed.

The men asked “where the money at?” and when Lilawattie said she did not have any, one of the men placed a gun under her throat and shot her at point blank range. The bullet exited through her skull, killing her instantly.

‘B’ Division investigators managed to gather vital information that pointed to the execution and had detained the barber since he had reportedly issued threats to Mohamed and her daughter on several occasions.

The barber was subsequently released on Saturday but re -arrested shortly after on the said day.

His re-arrest came after the arrest of the tattoo artist and the Jamaican. Police allegedly got information from the tattoo artist and his accomplice that implicated the barber and the alleged mastermind.

It is unclear what role or level of involvement the barber’s wife and husband of the mastermind played but they were also arrested on Saturday and remain in police custody assisting with investigations.

Investigations continue.