Two in custody
Two persons were taken into custody yesterday as investigations into last Friday’s death of a West Coast Berbice taxi service owner took a different turn following a post-mortem examination (PME).
Doulatram Singh
Initial reports were that Doulatram ‘Dara’ Singh, 35, of Experiment, Bath who owned the Timeless Taxi Service, had shot himself in his head around 2.30 pm while drinking with a friend at the Lai Li Jiu Jia Chinese Restaurant.
However, the results of the PME, conducted by Dr Vivakanand Brijmohan, proved that the injuries were not consistent with being self-inflicted, a source told this newspaper. As a result, the friend, who is an ex-policeman and a waitress were arrested yesterday.
Police said in a release that the cause of death was “laceration to the brain and fracture to the skull due to gunshot injury.”
Singh’s employee, Neeta Persaud had told this newspaper that when she got to the scene she enquired what had happened and a waitress at the restaurant had told her that her employer had been playing with a gun when he accidentally pulled the trigger. However, his wife, Christine, had said that her husband did not own a gun.
Reports are that the friend had left Singh, a father of four, and gone go to the washroom and while there he reportedly heard an explosion. He had claimed that upon checking he realized that the man had shot himself.
The man’s wife, Christine Singh, who was inconsolable, told this newspaper that she and her husband had no problems and had questioned why he would want to kill himself.
Here we go again. Greed & envy being the causes of another senseless killing. PME proved that it was not suicide. I hope the perpetrators get their ‘rewards’
Always suspected it was the friend and the waitress was being told to say a make up story.
WOW,FINALLY YOU GOT IT.GREED AND ENVY………..THANK YOU.
Do a bargain with waitress if the truth must come-out.
…… the very first time i read this stoy ,, i knew the pic was not right ,, and now that the PME has as much made this known ,, it is the level at which “forensics” has evolved !,, UG ,, should have on their curriculum ,, the discipline of FORENSICS !
it would certainly go a long way to removing doubts which many families live with in GY ,, who have lost family in suspicious circumstances !……………
Valid point!
Michael,
Good Point.
I have alwaways comment in my comments whenever there is suspicious circumstances under which anyone met their demise, that the governmenr here should ask the USA and the UK to set up a DNA testing lab here.
It would be surprising to know what would be un-earthed.
Remember Bob Marley……………..If night should turn to day, a lot of people would ran away.
Many many would run away………….thrust me
i agree it smells sour , and i guess its envy and the waitress knows some thing , thro wsome thing sweet at her and see what happen my guess is thats the story will take a different turn good luck on solving this one
i knew that something was wrong there!!!!!
I guess the truth prevailed and it was a cover-up, he didn’t kill himself, it was done by his friends, what a twist to this story.
I just want to know why; cant wait to see where this one goes.
It should not have been a twist…the police should not have treated this as a suicide in the first place..they now lost a lot of evidence…like gun powder traces etc.it makes this case harder now…let us see..
I knew the friend was responsible, story didn’t match up, a duck is a duck, whether cooked with curry or stew, darn shameful, maybe neighbors were washing their mouths as usual, on his poor wife and kids, stating he killed himself, reporters needs to get their information/s straight before reporting.
RIP Mr. Singh, another citizen’s life taken, another wife, children, families and friends left this holiday and years to come in grief.
The whole story smell like a BANGA MARY.
Good question. Try judgement day.
well, the necessary investigations has to be carried out, i will say that there were at east two people that were present at the time of this man’s death, so the police should thoroughly speak to these people.