At least one person has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of Kissoondatt Premsukh, the contractor who was gunned down at a work site in the city on Thursday evening.
Premsukh, of Lot 183 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, was shot multiple times at a work site on D’Urban Street, Lodge and both investigators and his family are seeking to determine why.
Regional Commander of Region 4 (a) Philip Azore confirmed to this newspaper yesterday that a person was in custody as the investigation into the murder proceeds. “We have somebody in custody and we’re doing further investigations,” Azore stated.
According to a police brief, the victim was at a construction site when an armed male approached him and discharged several rounds in his direction, causing him to receive injuries to his head and back.
He was later taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at about 6.13 p.m.
In a telephone interview with this newspaper, Hardat Premsukh, brother of the now dead man, explained that Kissoondatt was owed a lot of money but he was not sure whether that was the motive behind the execution style killing of his brother. “Money don’t mek a big deal with he…plenty people owe he a lot of money, but we gin leff the police to do their wuk,” Hardat said.
The man added that it was not the first time that people have made attempts on his brother’s life as he was shot at on Father’s Day. “This was the second attempt on his life…the first was on Father’s day [and] he was shot twice…in Coldingen,” Hardat said.
Hardat noted that his brother was never one to have problems with anybody, and was seen as the “backbone” for many members of the family. “He was a nice guy and somebody that was helpful to everybody…he is nuff people backbone…as long as you call on him he would be there. That’s the type of guy he was,” he opined.
Hardat went on to say that his brother was also an extremely hard working man and members of the family would often have to call on him to rest since he seemed to be always working. “He wuk seven days a week, Sunday to Sunday. We does gah call on him to stay home because he loves his work,” Premsukh recalled.
