Four more held over Ruby businessman’s murder

A total of five persons are now in police custody as investigators continue to probe the eight-year-old death of Ruby businessman Habiboodean.

Linden Lewis, called “Bullet,” 28, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was one of the five persons who had been arrested for questioning in relation to the recent murders of Good Hope rice farmers, Mohamed and Jamilla Munir.

However, while the other suspects were eventually released, Lewis remained in custody and was grilled by investigators in relation to the murder of Habiboodean. Police say he has confessed that he was the hit-man and has since implicated five others who he described as the plotters.

Contacted last evening, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News that four of the five individuals who were implicated were arrested between Monday evening and yesterday. These include the daughter of the businessman, Bibi Nazeela Habiboodean, who turned herself into the police yesterday in the company of her lawyer.