POLICE reported yesterday that a post mortem on the body of Constable Jirbahan Dianand by government Pathologist, Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan revealed the cause of death as gunshot injuries to the head.
Constable Jirbahan Dianand’s body was found in a motor car on the public road at Jackson Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, on Friday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud yesterday told reporters after the opening of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Drug Investigators Course at Police Officers’ Mess, Annexe, Eve Leary, Georgetown that Dianand was executed by someone known to him.
Persaud added that the narcotic agent received two gunshots and his slumped body was found in his car.
He said: “It seems to suggest that it’s someone that he knows… from the circumstances and the way the car was. He wasn’t driving at the time. The person seemed to be shooting from inside the car.”
Persaud pointed out that the windows were up and the windscreen was not damaged, indicating that his assailant was inside the vehicle at the time he was fatally shot. Two war heads have been recovered but no spent shells have been found.
Police said at about 05:30 hrs on Friday the body of Detective Constable 20682 Jirbahan Dianand, 23, was found in his motor car PHH 6528 on the public road at Jackson Creek, Corentyne, with gunshot wounds.
Constable Dianand was stationed at the Molsen Creek Police Outpost and attached to the Narcotics Section.
Following this execution-style killing several persons were held for questioning.