…3 other suspects released after Police confirm alibis
…victim died from blunt trauma to head, face, neck – autopsy
As the extension period to keep Yogeendra Sukhdeo winds down, detectives are preparing their file on the facts surrounding the murder of Amit Singh, whose lifeless body was found wrapped in a sheet in a house at Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, last week.
Once legal advice is sought, the mastermind will be arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he will not be required to plea to the indictable charge.
On Friday, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Guyana Times that the Guyana Police Force was granted an extension from the High Court to further detain Sukhdeo until 15:00h today, Tuesday, October 31.
However, when contacted on Monday, Blanhum confirmed that Sukhdeo will make his court appearance today while adding that the three other suspects who were arrested following the young man’s death were released from custody after their alibis were confirmed by the Police.
Initially, the men, upon their arrest, had denied their involvement in the gruesome murder. In fact, Sukhdeo told detectives he had committed the act and not his three employees.
Meanwhile, an autopsy was performed on Singh’s body on Monday by Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh, who gave the cause of death as blunt trauma to the head, face, and neck topped with multiple fractures and broncho aspiration of blood.
His body was handed over to the family for funeral arrangements.
Yogeendra Sukhdeo
Singh and Sukhdeo were reportedly close friends and on the day in question, Sukhdeo picked him up from his Campbellville, Georgetown home in a black Toyota Allion motor car. The mastermind reportedly changed the registration plates with the aim of not leaving a trace behind.
Nevertheless, as time elapsed and the young man did not return home, the Police were contacted.
Based on intelligence gathered, ranks from the Criminal Investigations Department arrested Sukhdeo, who took them to the house at Middle Road La Penitence where the young man’s body was found.
He reportedly told investigators that, he would normally finalize the purchase of raw gold for Singh. But the Police have since confirmed that the victim was lured to the house under the pretext that a group of men had gold for sale when in fact, it was an orchestrated plan to rob the young man.
