Police are currently reviewing surveillance footage as investigations continue into Sunday morning’s murder in Kitty.
Sunil Singh was brutally stabbed on Owen Street, Kitty during the wee hours of Sunday. Police said he intervened after he saw Charles Valenzuela, an employee of the Blue Martini Night Club being attacked by three men.
Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken said police have received surveillance footage from a nearby building and are developing it to get a clearer image of the suspects.
Pete Ramkumar Persaud, owner of the Blue Martini, located in Lamaha Street, speculated yesterday that the three men who attacked his employee and murdered Singh, were attempting to commit a robbery. He said he believed that was the motive since his business was robbed twice in two months. However, when if the police were investigating reports of an attempted robbery, Hicken responded in the negative.
Persaud also claimed that the headline in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News was “misleading and damaging” to his business. He further stated that the police did not close his business as it had observed the 2 am curfew. “The business was already closed and we had employees taking stocks and cleaning up before they leave… We had a good night’s sale so we closed at 2,” he stressed.
He also claimed that after Singh was attacked, he was able to run back to the club and the workers took him and Valenzuela both to the hospital.
The police, in a statement issued on Sunday, stated that around 2 am law enforcers went to the night club and closed it.
After the club was closed, police said, three men showed up and attempted to enter but were told by Valenzuela who works as a bartender, that it was closed. As Valenzuela made attempts to keep the men out of the premises an argument ensued. This led to Valenzuela being stabbed by one of the men.
Singh, who was present, the police said, intervened and was trying to make peace when the man who stabbed Valenzuela turned and dealt Singh a lash to his head. “Singh then allegedly ran north into Railway Street, Kitty and was pursued by the said suspect who stabbed him several times,” the police added.
According to the police, Singh was stabbed multiple times around 2.45 am on Owen Street, Kitty and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
