Auto dealer Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie who was arrested last Thursday in connection with his wife’s murder has been released from police custody.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News yesterday that the businessman “was placed on bail and will still have to report to police as investigations continue.”
On January 12, Patricia Sanasie, 45, was fumbling to open the gate to her Lot 129 Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home so that her daughter could drive in when a bulky man dressed in black and wearing a mask walked up. Based on eyewitness accounts, within a matter of seconds the man had fired five shots at the woman at point-blank range.
He then jumped into a waiting car which sped off leaving the lifeless Sanasie sprawled on the ground in a pool of blood with wounds to her pubic area, neck, head and right arm.
Following the murder police would have received reports that Sanasie had made threats to his wife’s life. As such ranks attempted to contact Sanasie at a few locations but were unsuccessful. At the time of the murder the businessman was reportedly abroad but allegations that been made that he had ordered the hit
At the time Patricia Sanasie was killed, she and her husband were separated. In addition to ongoing alleged money issues, the man had accused her of attempting to kill him. The woman had denied this.
