The police are offering a reward of $2 million for information leading to the arrests of seven men, they say are wanted in connection with the investigation into the murder of Minister of Agriculture Satyadeow Sawh, other murders and serious offences.
In a statement issued on Friday the police said they are seeking Rondell Rawlins called ‘Fineman’ of Agricola and Buxton; Orlando Andrews called ‘Biscuit’ or ‘Jeffery’ of Buxton; David Zammett called David Leander or ‘Bullet’ of Buxton; Richard Daniels called ‘Chucky’ of Agricola; ‘Cash’ of Buxton; ‘Not Nice’ of Buxton and ‘Sonny’ of Agricola.
Anyone who may have information leading to the arrests of these persons are asked to contact the police at the Force’s Headquarters on telephone numbers 225-6411, 226-2487, 226-2488, CID Headquarters on 225-3650, 226-1326, 225-8196, 226-9978, 225-2227 or 226-7569 or Impact base on 225-2317, 227-4065 or the nearest police station. All information received by the police regarding the wanted men will be treated with strict confidence, the statement said.
On the morning of April 22 last year seven masked gunmen dressed in military fatigues invaded the minister’s home and riddled him, his two siblings, Phulmattie Persaud and Rajpat Sawh and his guard Curtis Robertson, with bullets.
Reports were that the minister’s wife, Sattie and his brother, Omprakash, were in the kitchen around 12.15 am when they saw a masked gunman through the window.
Sattie had said that she alerted the minister who was in his hammock on the veranda, but before he could have scampered to safety, he was shot. He collapsed just inside his front door.
Omprakash hid his sister Phulmattie Persaud underneath a bed, but the gunmen found her and dragged her out. Omprakash said he begged the men for his sister’s life and gave them $23,000, a digital camera and a watch, but they still shot her in the face.
The gunmen then turned their guns on the minister again and at the same time placed Omprakash on top of Rajpat to execute them both. He said he and his brother were praying for their lives and as the gunmen left they fired shots killing Rajpat.
Since the incident police have issued several wanted bullets for persons including the late notorious prison escapee Troy Dick.
During last month, Jermaine Charles called ‘Skinny’ of Agricola was charged with the minister’s murder. He was remanded to prison.
