THE police are continuing their investigations into the execution-style killing of 49-year-old Krisoondatt Premsukh, a building contractor.
Premsukh was murdered at one of his construction sites in D’Urban Street on July 16, 2020, while in the company of two other individuals when a lone gunman on foot showed up and opened fire on him. Police sources close to the investigations have indicated that a businessman who was initially held for questioning in relation to the matter was released on substantial station bail and is required to report to the police station weekly until the investigations are complete. That businessman, whom it is said operates a fishing establishment and hails from the East Coast of Demerara, had reportedly threatened to kill the same contractor earlier in 2020 after finding out that the man was having an affair with his wife.

On Father’s Day of this year, Premsukh survived an execution attempt on his life when he was shot twice. On Sunday, July 26, 2020, police detectives acting on information moved to a location in Tucville, Georgetown and arrested a 26-year-old young man in connection with the contractor’s murder. The Guyana Chronicle was told that the detectives, based on information acquired, learnt that the 26- year-old who goes by the alias ‘not nice’ and who resides in Kitty might have been the trigger man on the day the contractor was executed.

When Krisoondatt Premsukh was shot earlier this month, eyewitnesses provided statements to the police that suggested, that the shooter was an identifiable male. It is unclear if at this point any identification parade was conducted of the suspect and if he was positively identified by any of those who provided the police with statements.
Video footage of the shooting showed that Krisoondatt Premsukh was standing to the entrance of the construction site speaking with a male and female when the gunman showed up and opened fire in his (Krisoondatt Premsukh) direction before fleeing.