A post-mortem examination performed on 49-nine-year-old Kumar Singh, a joiner of No 79 Village, Corriverton who was discovered dead in his apartment around 6 am on Tuesday proved that he died of manual strangulation.
The man’s lifeless body was found on the bedroom floor with his feet hanging out in the living room and a cloth covering his face.
Singh lived alone in a separate apartment from a cousin but shared the same washroom with him. The cousin who alerted the man’s nephew that his [Singh’s] door had been broken has been taken into custody and is assisting police with the investigations.
Police sources told this newspaper that some other men from the village who were last seen with Singh are “on the run” and are being sought.
Relatives believe that Singh who was seen in his yard on Monday evening with the men, considered to be “junkies” was robbed and then murdered during the night. His wallet containing local and US currency along with his cellular phone was missing.
His nephew, Akash Persaud said his uncle would normally send persons to buy cigarettes for him and believes that he had opened his wallet to take out money when the men saw the cash.
There are also suspicions that they returned later that night and broke into the man’s apartment with the intention of robbing him. He said the refrigerator was opened, suggesting that the suspect(s) spent a while in the house.
He felt that his uncle must have gotten up and caught them and they decided to murder him. He said the cousin who lived in the other apartment went over to use the washroom and saw that Singh’s door was broken.
He started shouting for Singh and also made several calls to his cell phone but he got no response. Afraid to go in and check, he decided to go to his [Persaud’s] home to inform him that something was amiss.
Persaud hurried to the apartment and found the man’s lifeless body. He called to inform Singh’s brother, Rajin from No 64 Village and asked him to contact the police.
He returned home to tell his mother [Singh’s sister] and when he got back to the scene his uncle was already there. Persaud then left to bring the police from the Springlands Station.
