Five persons, including three stepchildren of US-based Guyanese, Motilall Singh appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged in relation to his murder and they were remanded to prison.
Ayube Hamid called ‘Little’ and Bissoondial Mahadeo, a labourer called ‘Weedman’, were charged with the murder while Bibi Farida Khan called ‘Pum’, Shamiza Khan called ‘Sham’, and Hoosman Khan called ‘Strongman’ were charged with procuring and abetting the murder. They were not required to plead and were remanded to prison by Magistrate Fazil Azeez.
It is alleged that on September 8 at Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, Hamid and Mahadeo murdered Singh. Further, it is alleged that between September 2 and 8, at Windsor Forest, the Khans “did counsel, procure, aid, abet and command the said Ayube Hamid and Bissoondial Mahadeo to murder the said Motilall Singh”. The Khans are the stepchildren of Singh.
Reports are that the relatives were involved in a property dispute and were unhappy that Singh had wanted to sell. As a result, they conspired to murder him. They alleged hired Hamid and Mahadeo to do so. A post-mortem examination on Wednesday had revealed that Singh, 44, died as a result of haemorrhage and shock due to multiple stab wounds.
The bloodied body of Singh was found close to a tiny bridge at Second Street, Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara around 2 am on Monday. He had been stabbed multiple times.
Police said in a statement that the man had been heading to his Second Street, Windsor Forest home when three men confronted and stabbed him several times. Investigators visited the scene and found Singh lying on the road with all his money, jewellery and other personal property intact. He died before receiving medical attention.
The Khans and Mahadeo had been in police custody since Monday while Hamid, who is Singh’s son-in-law, was taken into custody on Tuesday. After police completed their investigations, they were all charged.
Singh had returned to Guyana over two weeks ago to attend his brother’s funeral and was due to return to New York today. As the accused were
escorted out of court yesterday, relatives erupted
in tears.
The case will be called again on October 8 at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.
