POLICE are on the hunt for the suspect in last Thursday’s murder and shallow-grave burial of a 24-year-old labourer at Tiger Plate, in Central Rupununi.

Dead is Arnold Gordon of Kumu Village, also in Central Rupununi, whose remains were unearthed on Friday and taken to the Lethem Hospital.

Police say he was apparently clubbed, then shot with a bow and arrow. He was reportedly shot under his right arm-pit. An iron rod was also found near the murder scene.

According to an eyewitness, the 28-year-old suspect used a length of wood and a metal rod to clobber Gordon.

The police reportedly learnt of the incident through a Toshao, who came by the information from the eyewitness’s grandmother.

Acting upon what he was told, the Toshao put together a team and went in search of Gordon, the police said.

The search party eventually found what appeared to be a shallow grave in some bushes some 20 feet from the suspect’s campsite.

The police were summoned, and Gordon’s remains were discovered in the shallow grave.