Five persons remain in custody and are to appear in court, charged with the murder of US-based Guyanese, Motilall Singh today, police sources said.

Motilall Singh

A post-mortem examination done yesterday revealed that the 44-year-old man died as a result of haemorrhage and shock due to multiple stab wounds.

The five persons, who had been held as police investigated the murder, remained in custody and are to appear in court in relation to Singh’s murder today, the source said. These include the dead man’s stepchildren and his son-in-law.  They allegedly conspired to kill the man because of a property dispute.

The bloodied body of Singh was found close to a tiny bridge at Second Street, Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara around 2 am on Monday. He had been stabbed multiple times.

Police said in a statement that the man had been heading to his Second Street, Windsor Forest home when three men confronted and stabbed him several times. Investigators visited the scene and found Singh lying on the road with all his money, jewellery and other personal property intact. He died before receiving medical attention.

Singh’s stepson, two stepdaughters and another man had been in police custody since Monday while his son-in-law was taken into custody on Tuesday. The man had returned to Guyana over two weeks ago to attend his brother’s funeral and was due to return to New York on Friday.