Young businessman fatally knifed in Strathspey robbery

The electronics store at Strathspey where Ganesh Persaud was fatally stabbed during a robbery yesterday afternoon. Police say the suspect, Kapildeo Gangadin, who was arrested with Persaud’s chain, has confessed to the crime.

A 21-year-old businessman was fatally stabbed during a robbery yesterday afternoon in his family’s electronics store at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and the police have since arrested the prime suspect, who they say confessed to the crime.

Dead is Ganesh Persaud, called ‘Chris,’ of Lot 98 Strathspey.

Persaud, who sustained a single stab wound to his neck, died while receiving medical attention at a private hospital.