Police last evening issued a bulletin for a man who is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of De Hoop businessman Lakeram Bishundial who was shot and killed during a robbery at Hope, East Coast Demerara.
Sheik Alim Samad, police said, whose last known address is Lot 128 Barr Street, Kitty, is wanted in connection with Bishundial’s murder. The man, of East Indian descent, is medium built and fair in complexion.
Persons with information which may lead to the man’s arrest are asked to contact police on telephone numbers 225-6411, 225-2700, 226-2917, 226-1326, 226-2870, 225-6941 or 911 or the nearest police station.
Police in a press release following the incident had said the robbery, during which Bishundial was murdered, occurred at about 3.15 pm on August 20. As Bishundial was driving his motor lorry GGG 8273 along the roadway he observed his brother, Totaram, in his motor pick-up. The two brothers stopped their vehicles and were talking on the road when two men rode up on a motorcycle. The pillion rider, who was armed with a handgun, got off the motorcycle, approached the two brothers and discharged rounds at Bishundial, hitting him in his abdomen.
The armed man then grabbed a bag containing an undisclosed sum of cash from the pick-up and escaped along with his accomplice on the motorcycle. Bishundial was taken to a private hospital in Georgetown where he succumbed to his injuries.
A man has since been charged with Bishundial’s murder. On August 24, Shawn Anthony Thom, 31, of 128 Third Street, Alexander Village was not required to plead when the charge was read to him at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. Thom was remanded to prison.
