Bush Lot businessman, wife chopped to death

About 0300h. today, acting on a report received police ranks went to a home at Bush Lot, WCB, and as they approached the building three men were seen jumping over a fence on the premises, a statement from the police said today.The police gave chase but the men managed to escape.

Upon checking the house which was ransacked, the ranks found businessman Arthur Doodnauth Rajkumar, 81 years, and his reputed wife Diane Chamanlall with multiple chop wounds about their bodies. They were taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital where Rajkumar was pronounced dead on arrival and Chamanlall succumbed while receiving medical attention.

Four men have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.