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May 05, 2012 News
– victim was strangled
Police yesterday questioned several people in the neighbouring communities of Diamond and Grove, East Bank Demerara for information about the last movements of slain taxi driver Rajendra Puran.
Detectives believe that the 41-year-old Puran was slain by persons whom he picked up on the East Bank of Demerara.
A post-mortem by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh gave the cause of death as strangulation and blunt trauma to the head.
Puran’s body was found at around 06:30 hrs on Thursday in a drain at Logwood, Enmore, East Coast Demerara.
His hands were bound with a leather belt while his feet were tied together with a piece of white cord. Puran’s vest was tightly wrapped around his neck, while his jersey was pulled over his face as if the killers wanted to prevent him from seeing where they were taking him.
Puran, who lived approximately 23 miles away, at Grove New Scheme, East Bank Demerara, is believed to be a victim of a carjacking from outside his operating base at the entrance to the Diamond New (Housing) Scheme, since his white Toyota Raum, HB 9875, has also vanished.
From all indications, Puran, a former money changer who operated on America Street in the city, was killed somewhere else and then taken to Enmore where his body was dumped.
There are reports that he had picked up a passenger from Overhead Tank Street in Grove on the East Bank of Demerara, just before he went missing around 21:00 hours on Wednesday.
Residents of Enmore where the body was discovered told investigators that they heard nothing strange on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, since they claimed it was raining heavily.
However, investigators believe that the killers had to have some knowledge of the layout of Enmore, in order to successfully dump the body there without difficulty.
According to a brother of the victim, Puran’s wife contacted him after her husband did not return home on Wednesday night. Efforts to reach him by phone also failed.
Accompanied by Puran’s wife, the brother went to the Golden Grove Police station where Puran was reported as missing.
The brother said that after leaving the station, they were heading to the Diamond car park when they received a telephone call that a body was found at Enmore, East Coast Demerara.
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