Diamond businessman Ganga Persaud who was found bound and dead in his car trunk died from strangulation, a post-mortem examination revealed yesterday.

Meanwhile, the man’s reputed wife and two other relatives remained in custody up to late yesterday afternoon, a police source confirmed. This newspaper was also reliably informed that the man’s neck bore obvious marks, which suggested that he had been strangled. Last night relatives told Stabroek News that they had not heard anything further on investigations.

Persaud was discovered a short distance away from his 19th Street Diamond New Scheme home and was last seen in the company of friends having a drink on Friday evening. He had left them at around midnight to head home but never reached. He was found in his car trunk with his hands and feet bound with rubber and scotch tape wrapped around his face.