Business associate now confesses that he duped friend to rob and murder him alone

Oct 26, 2023 News

Kaieteur News – A business associate of 21-year-old Amit Devindra Singh is now confessing that he murdered him (Singh) alone.

Singh was robbed and bludgeoned to death on Tuesday at a house at Middle Road La Penitence, Georgetown. The alleged killer calls himself ‘El Chapo Escobar’ but his real name is Yogeendra Sukhdeo and reportedly owns a chain of businesses under the name of El Dorado, and includes a landscaping company, a mining company and a car rental company.

The house where Singh was brutally murdered

He had initially told investigators that he and three of his employees had robbed and murdered Singh at his father’s house at Middle Road. Sukhdeo had claimed that he and his accomplices had duped Singh into believing that they had a large quantity of gold to sell.

Investigators tracked them down but the men denied any involvement in the heinous crime. Kaieteur News was told that the men provided alibis for their whereabouts at time when Singh was killed. Up press time, police were still checking to see if their alibis are correct.

Dead: Amit Devindra Singh

Sukdeo at dinner

Sukhdeo, however, after learning this made slight change to his confession this time saying that he acted alone in duping his friend Singh to be robbed and killed. Kaieteur News learnt that Singh, a licensed gold dealer got acquainted with Sukhdeo through similar business transaction in the past. When Sukhdeo contacted him about a lucrative gold deal on Tuesday, Singh agreed. Sukhdeo told police that he picked up Singh from his Delph Street and Campbelle Avenue home in a vehicle with a false number plate. He drove Singh to a house he was taking care of at Middle Road and beat him to death with a piece of wood. Sukhdeo reportedly said that he had also attempted to strangle Singh.

After killing the young gold dealer, he took possession of the money and wrapped the body in a sheet. He then locked up the house and went to his home at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) where he hid the stolen cash. Police on Wednesday morning recovered almost $8M in cash from Sukhdeo’s bedroom. He had led detectives to his home at 20th Avenue Diamond Housing Scheme to find the money. A sum of $7,790,000, all consisting of $5,000 bills, was found and subsequently lodged by the lawmen. Sukhdeo although he talked like and acted out a mafia persona on social media presented himself as a wealthy businessman drinking the finest champagnes, dining in best restaurants and evening staying in the high-class hotels abroad.

Yogeendra Sukhdeo decked out in a nice suit

Sukhdeo had even attended the most recent Energy Conference to promote his business. However, the brother of the man he murdered said that he is just a low life that took advantage of his victim. Relatives recalled that Singh was picked up from his home in a car sometime around 13:00hrs on Tuesday but never returned.

Police were called in and detectives were quickly able to track down Sukhdeo who confessed that Singh was murdered. Investigators told Kaieteur News that it looked like Singh was struck to his head repeatedly until he died. His tragic demise has left his loved ones in a state of shock. One of them said, “Like I don’t know wa fuh seh right now”. Singh was described as his mother’s favourite son.

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Roger Ally October 26, 2023 at 11:37 am

What a story

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