The decomposed body of a Guyanese businessman was found yesterday in his Trinidad and Tobago home at Macoya, Newsday reported.
The man has been identified as 51 year-old Seekumar Dalchan, a wholesale trader, of Macoya Road Extension, Trinidad and Tobago.
Dalchan was discovered by a friend with his feet bound at about 9 am yesterday.
The friend ventured into the house after not seeing him for two days, and calls to his phone went unanswered.
On Monday when friends passed in front his house they noticed that one of his cars, a grey Nissan AD Wagon, was missing.
The man was found in one of the bedrooms of his home, lying face down in a pool of blood, with his feet tied together, by the worried friend who went to look for him, Newsday reported.
According to the Trinidad and Tobago newspaper report, Dalchan is originally from Guyana, and had been living in the country for more than 25 years, and people close to him described him as a friendly, humble man who was a devout practising Hindu.
Police who are working on the theory that Dalchan may have been killed during a robbery since two televisions sets along with his car are missing, and are hoping to use CCTV camera footage to find clues into the circumstances surrounding Dalchan’s death.
An autopsy is expected to be performed at the Forensic Science Centre in St James to determine a cause of death, the newspaper reported.
The murder toll in the twin island republic for the year now stands at 108, as compared to 113 for around the same time last year.
