The young manager of a lumberyard was yesterday afternoon found dead in the cottage he lived at the rear of the Land of Canaan establishment, with what appears to be a deep cut to the throat and injuries to his skull. ]
Thandu Singh, 22, also known as ‘Kemraj Singh,’ was discovered by fellow employees of the Trade-Line Inc company, sometime after 2pm yesterday when Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officials visited the office to inspect a prospective lumber shipment.
Thandu Singh’s body being removed yesterday
Stabroek News was told that it appears that Singh, also commonly called ‘Tony’ and ‘Fine Man,’ was killed sometime Monday evening or in the early hours of yesterday morning as he lay in a sleeping position on the ground. The fan in his bedroom was still on when his body was found.
Neighbours stated that they were alerted of the killing yesterday afternoon by the screams of one of the employees. They said that noticed nothing suspicious yesterday. The man’s motorcycle was parked in the same position it was in on Monday evening, a short distance from the entrance but they said that this was normal as Singh would sometimes use other means of transport.
When this newspaper visited the Lot 37 Land of Canaan Public Road site yesterday, the Officer in Charge of the Timehri precinct, Assistance Superintendent Anthony Vanderhyden, was already on the scene with a team of investigators. They combed the yard and the area immediately at the back of the cottage to gather evidence.
Employees of the company gathered around the mother of the young man as she wailed and while they remained tightlipped on the discovery, they expressed shock that he had met such a gruesome demise. The woman, whose head had to be constantly sapped with Limacol, was too distraught to speak and kept screaming for her son.
The proprietor of the company would only give Singh’s name and explained that he was instructed by the police not to speak to the media.
However, a friend of the dead man told Stabroek News that he hailed from the Essequibo and was scheduled to be married soon. He said that Singh was very friendly and would normally “tek a toops now and again with the boys” of the community. He said that he recalled seeing the man sometime after 7pm last evening and nothing seemed amiss at the lumberyard.
The friend said he found it odd that other employees came to work and did not check on Singh’s whereabouts although he was their supervisor and that his door was locked from the inside. They said that no one inquired from persons nearby if he had ventured to a shop or the backdam for anything.
