MOOL Persaud Maniram, c/d “Rakesh”, wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Police Constable 20682 Jirbahan Dianand committed on September 14, 2012, surrendered himself to police yesterday (Friday), and is currently in their custody. He was accompanied by a lawyer when he visited the Fort Wellington Police Station on the West Coast of Berbice (Region5).

A wanted bulletin had been issued for Maniram on Thursday.

Maniram’s name had first surfaced in connection with illegal activities in 2007, when police had issued a wanted bulletin for him following the army’s discovery of an illegal airstrip with a burnt aircraft, a bulldozer and an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) in the Corentyne area. Nothing came of that investigation.