In light of Tuesday night’s murder of Bel Air businessman, Frank Persaud, by persons who claimed to be customs employees, Commis-sioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur yesterday said that employees do not work after 4:30pm and business persons should be aware of this fact.
Persaud, 44, a father of one of Lot 1, Area L, First Street, Bel Air Village was stabbed to death on Tuesday evening by three men who posed as customs officers. According to reports, sometime after 8 pm, three men purporting to be GRA officers visited the man’s home under the pretext of carrying out a search of his property. His wife who answered the door was subdued by one of the men and the man’s accomplices took Persaud to the back of the home and proceeded to duct-tape and stab him about his body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
When contacted yesterday, Sattaur said that it is customary for officers to carry out such duties only up to 4:30pm and business persons should be aware of this. He added that even in
