The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for Shane Samaroo also called “Travis Cortis” for questioning in connection with the murder of Feroze Khan also called “Eggy”, who was beaten and stabbed to death at Bennet Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice.
Wanted: Shane Samaroo, also called “Tanta Bai”
Samaroo, 27, who is also referred to as “Tanta Bai”, resided at Railway Line, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. Khan was pronounced dead on arrival at the Fort Wellington Hospital on Thursday last.
Police have reported that the now wanted man was at a grocery shop located at Bennet Dam, where he purchased a bottle of water. He left the shop, picked up a piece of wood and ran towards Khan, who was walking on the said street, and dealt him several lashes about his body.
Khan reportedly fell to the ground when the suspect pulled out a knife from his pants waist and dealt the him a stab and subsequently fled the scene.
After the fatal stabbing, Khan’s wife, Sally Ishaak told reporters that on the day in question, there was a religious function next door to their home which she attended.
Murdered: Feroze Khan, also called “Eggy”
During that period, she related that her husband was disturbing the proceedings and she advised him to visit his mother. She said Khan left and was seen entering a minibus and was again seen exiting the bus in the busy shopping area.
The mother of three related that it was only moments after speaking to her husband that she received reports of his demise and discarded it as a rumour until three men went to her a short while after, confirming that her husband was stabbed.
She said when she arrived on the scene, Khan appeared to have been dead already.
She said eyewitnesses told her that the suspect, after stabbing the victim, took the money he had in his pockets and fled. According to Ishaak, her husband had left home with $70,000. He was expected to go back to sea one day after his demise.
Meanwhile, residents of Bennet Dam said the suspect was seen in the area on Thursday evening but was armed with a cutlass and knife. Contact was made with the Police but by the time they arrived, he had disappeared.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Samaroo is asked to contact the Police on telephone numbers 330-2222, 232-0313, 221-2296, 911 or the nearest Police station.
