A MAN in custody has confessed to being in the company of the other three suspects when Saitanya Kishundyal, 21, was shot in front of his Rose Hall Town home on February 3,last year during an attempted robbery, a police source said. The youth subsequently succumbed to his injuries.
The 21-year-old young man was returning home from a religious function around 22:00hrs and was about to close his gate when he was confronted by an armed man.
Surveillance footage had shown that there were three other men positioned at various points in the yard and were trying to get Kishundyal to open the front door to lead them into the house.

A scuffle ensued between the lad and the gunman and he was shot at
point blank range in the abdomen.
After the shot was fired, the gunman and his accomplices fled the scene while Kishundyal was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital.
He was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries four days later.

During the initial investigations, police detained several persons
and even charged a female for obstructing the course of justice in the
matter; however, they were not able to have any credible evidence to
make a solid case, until now.

The police source revealed that the confessor was previously arrested and released but was recently re-arrested.
He has also provided the names of the other persons who were with him but refused to reveal who was the gunman.

Investigators have since launched a manhunt to roundup the other
accomplices as they continue to probe the confessor for more information.

The Guyana Police Force has been lauded for cracking several high-profile criminal cases of recent. It has also re-opened several cold cases and is on course to closing a few.