Jairam Persaud, the Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara resident who succumbed at a city hospital last Wednesday, days after he was reportedly beaten by a group of men near the Stabroek Market, was murdered, an autopsy confirmed.
Contacted for a comment last evening, Divisional Commander Marlon Chapman told Stabroek News that the police are now treating the case as a murder since an autopsy yesterday showed that Persaud died as a result of multiple injuries sustained.
Among the injuries Persaud sustained are a fractured skull, broken legs and arms.