Parasurama Rabindranauth, who was sought over the shooting of a man in the US and then attempted to flee to Guyana, has confessed to the murder which occurred over a piece of real estate and money spent on it, US reports say.
The 26-year-old man was nabbed at the Miami airport on Wednesday as he tried to flee the country on a flight to Guyana.
Media reports said that the police were looking for the man since last Saturday over the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Michael Sembhudyal following an argument in the kitchen of Sembhudyal’s home.
According to police, Sembhudyal was the cousin of Rabindranauth’s ex-girlfriend.
After his arrest, Rabindranauth reportedly confessed to detectives that he shot Sembhudyal, a Wash-ington Hill resident who had moved to Waterbury two years ago.
Reports are that Rabindranauth, a Guyanese citizen living in the country legally for the past 10 years, dated Sembhudyal’s cousin for six years. The two eventually split up, which led to an ongoing dispute.
On the night of the murder he argued with his ex-girlfriend and her cousin, who were living at a three-family home over a piece of real estate and money that had been spent on it.
The reports said that according to assessor’s records, the homes of Rabindranauth and Sembhudyal are both owned by Khemraj Ramlal.
He argued with the two on the phone and at about 10:30 pm he visited the home and was let inside to continue the argument. That altercation escalated and eventually turned deadly when Rabindranauth fatally shot Sembhudyal once in the chest, police said.
Police are still searching for the handgun used to kill Sembhudyal.
Following the shooting, Rabindranauth drove to Naugtauck, where he ditched his SUV at a gas station and he then drove with a relative to Queens, New York and while there a cousin let him take a black Chevrolet Malibu.
From New York, he boarded a bus that eventually took him to Miami.
According to police, his getaway plan almost worked, but when he purchased a plane ticket for the flight, detectives were alerted and were waiting for him at the airport.
