A Kitty, Georgetown businessman, who was arrested on Thursday evening for questioning in relation to the murder of Pandit Deonarine Liliah and his 29-year-old son, Gopaul Liliah was released on Saturday.
Dead: Pandit Deonarine Liliah and Gopaul Liliah
Nevertheless, the man who was arrested at the scene after the gruesome discovery remains in custody after he was identified as the man who had sold the pandit’s mobile phone to another man. The buyer remains in custody as well.
A Police source confirmed that although the CCTV footage that was collected was not too clear, the main suspect who investigators believed might have killed the two men is the same person that sold the phone to someone else.
Up to late Sunday evening, the Police were still working to get a confession statement. With this new development, the detectives are working on the theory that the men were killed during a robbery.
The source told Guyana Times that on the night of the murder, the pandit attended a function on the East Coast of Demerara and would have left after 21:00h and as such, the footsteps that were heard by the tenant could be those of the perpetrator and the younger Liliah.
It is presumed that after the pandit arrived home, he saw his son lying on the ground and before he could have raised an alarm, he was attacked and stabbed to death.
After committing the acts, the perpetrator collected several valuable items from the house and left the same way he entered. As the Police wrap up their investigation, they are hoping to secure a confession from the man who was arrested at the scene.
On the day the discovery was made, the younger Liliah’s body was reportedly found lying face down on the floor in a pool of blood, with a red jersey wrapped around his head. There were three stab wounds to his back, one each to the left and right side of his abdomen, and two to his chest.
The elder Liliah was found lying on his back in the living room. He was clad in a pair of white long pants and a multi-coloured top, and his face was covered with a multi-coloured jersey.
He had sustained four stab wounds to his abdomen, four to his left side, one to the lower back, and one to the right hip.
There were no signs of forced entry into the home. However, CCTV footage collected from nearby buildings revealed that an unidentified man was seen scaling the fence, and he entered the premises through a front door. After some time, he was seen leaving the house with two bulky bags and a bucket. The house had been ransacked.
The two men were last seen by the tenant about 06:00h on Saturday last, and it has been confirmed that they and the tenant had a conversation.
The tenant who resided on the bottom flat of the house told investigators that she was using her landlord’s Wi-Fi when it suddenly went off, and it was around the same time she had heard footsteps coming from the upper flat of the house.
After three days had elapsed and there had been no sign of the men, the woman became suspicious and went to the Kitty Police Station, where she made a report. She was accompanied back to the premises by three Police ranks. It was then that the gruesome discovery was made.
