Omar Khan, the 40-year-old father who allegedly murdered his 18-year-old son Azeez Khan during an argument at their home at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, was on Thursday arraigned on a murder charge at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, and was remanded to prison until June 28.
Dead: Azeem Orlando Khan
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has also disclosed that the police officer who had allegedly accepted a bribe to assist the Khan family to ‘cover up’ the crime has been placed under arrest; and if evidence is found to support the allegation that he had attempted to pervert the course of justice, this officer will have the appropriate charges levied against him.
The family is believed to have offered that police officer $500,000 to provide them with a suitable alibi for the murdered teen’s father.
On May 4, 2017, the 18-year-old Azeez Khan was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after his father had allegedly hit him in the head with a piece of wood during an argument at their home. The argument had allegedly been caused by the younger Khan reportedly hitting his sister behind her head for leaving the home wearing unbecoming clothing. It has been alleged that the elder Khan dealt his son a blow to the head with a piece of wood, causing him to collapse. The young man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, and doctors there were told that he had fallen from a ladder.
But a post-mortem conducted on Monday revealed that the teenager died as a result of haemorrhaging caused by blunt trauma.
Both parents of the now dead teenager were taken into Police custody on Monday, and during interrogation, the father confessed to hitting the teenager, claiming it was unintentional.
