The police have detained one person for questioning about the murder of Albouystown shopkeeper Nalini Persaud, who died after she and her husband were attacked by armed bandits who invaded their Albouystown home on Thursday morning, Divisional Commander Marlon Chapman has said.
Persaud, called ‘Nalo,’ 58, and her husband, Mahendra Rampersaud, also known as ‘Ricky,’ were attacked around 3 am by the four masked men, who entered the shop by ripping out a board from the northern wall of the lower flat of the building.
Rampersaud was taken to the lower flat of the premises, where he was bound to a chair and his mouth was duct-taped.
The bandits managed to escape with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewellery.
An autopsy yesterday revealed that Persaud died as a result of compression to the neck and blunt trauma to the head.
Neighbours had related to Stabroek News that Persaud’s lifeless body, with a noose around the neck, was found on the top flat of the home, while Rampersaud was found tied up in the bottom flat.
Persaud was the proprietor Nalo’s Variety Shop, which she operated from the bottom flat of her James and Non Pareil streets, Albouystown home.
