A COUPLE was found dead in a rented car on a lonely section of the road at Caledonia on the East Bank of Demerara just after 22:00hrs on Thursday.

Dead is Vijay Arjune, 23, also known as Kevin, of 4 Land of Canaan East Bank Demerara, and Parbattie Mangru, 19, also known as Priya of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.
Police investigators are working on the theory that Arjune, a mechanic, might have poisoned or strangled the 19 year old before turning an unlicensed firearm on himself, shooting out his right temple.
This publication has been informed that the two were engaged to be married.
According to reports, the two had approached their parents and made known their intentions to get married. However, while both families agreed the two could not have gotten married, since the family of the man was awaiting the completion of a year-long religious observance which would have ended in June.
Speaking with the media yesterday morning, the dead man’s mother, Babita Parmasar, said that on Thursday afternoon she received a call from the mother of her son’s girlfriend who indicated to her that her son, Arjune, had returned from a visit to Suriname and he was on his way to her home.
When he had not arrived, his mother began calling his cell phone, but there was no answer.
Ms. Parmasar became worried when 21:45hrs came around and her son still had not turned up.
A young man told her that he had seen a car parked on the roadway at Caledonia, with the park lights on.
She called the girl’s parents and they went to where the car was, finding the doors locked.
They saw the couple inside the vehicle and thought they were asleep, but banged on the doors and the people inside did not move.
They then realized that the back window was broken and when one of the relatives used a torchlight to look inside the vehicle, they discovered that the young man’s head was bloodied, and the girl was frothing at the mouth.
The police were called in and the investigations into the deaths are ongoing.