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Sep 09, 2009 News
The relatives who have been implicated in the murder of 44 year-old US-based Guyanese Motilall Singh had reportedly paid another hit-man $180,000 to do the job. But the ‘hit-man’ made off with the fee without harming Singh and the relatives then allegedly paid a labourer $150,000 to commit the crime.
The sordid revelations came to light yesterday after police detained the suspect who was initially contracted to kill Singh.
Kaieteur News understands that the man told detectives that he took the cash without killing Singh because the relatives who had contracted him owed him money.
Meanwhile, detectives yesterday arrested a fourth relative of Singh’s, who went into hiding after the murder plot was uncovered.
Investigators have reportedly established that the relative choked Singh while the labourer stabbed the US-based Guyanese.
The relative had cuts on his body, which he apparently sustained while trying to subdue Singh.
Kaieteur News has also learnt that the police found the murder weapon in a trench not far from the murder scene.
Kaieteur News was told that the murder plot unraveled after some villagers witnessed the attack and tipped off the police. The labourer then confessed after police took him and some of the relatives into custody.
The slain man’s stepdaughter, a stepson, the stepdaughter’s husband and a labourer are in custody.
The four are expected to appear in court for various charges since the labourer has since told investigators that he was a part of a plot to have Singh killed because of a property dispute.
The victim, Motilall Singh, called “Moti”, was found dead on a roadway at around 02:00 hrs on Monday with stab wounds about his body.
One of the man’s stepdaughters, Bibi Fazeela Khan, had said initially that the man was slain during a robbery. The woman said she last saw her step-father around 17:00 hours on Sunday when he left the home in the company of his stepson. He never returned home.
Singh arrived in Guyana some three weeks ago for the burial of one of his siblings and was scheduled to return to the US on Friday.
It is still not clear if the police have recovered any of the man’s jewellery, which relatives claimed was missing when his body was found.
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