As investigations continue into the murder of Nandkumar Poonwassie, also called “Darshanie”, who was found dead on Tuesday at Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice; B Division Commander Brian Joseph on Friday revealed that the police are hunting for a suspect.
The commander added that based on reports and information received, the police have launched a manhunt for the man who is suspected to be from the same village. “We know who the person is, but we have to find him…”
A post-mortem examination performed on the body on the man by Dr Nehaul Singh on Friday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary proved that Poonwassie was strangled to death.
When Guyana Times International contacted “Dato”, an aunt of the dead man, she explained that the post-mortem was witnessed by the dead man’s brother and cousin. She added that after the post-mortem was completed, they telephoned to say that he was “choked” and “dem beat am to he head”.
She added that the police are still working on leads and they are hopeful that the person who committed the act will be prosecuted.
The battered body of a male sex worker was on Tuesday morning discovered on a street in the vicinity of the Day Clean Bar, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice, hours after he left a party at a friend’s house.
Poonwassie at the time of his discovery was clad in a plaid short pants and a white T- shirt, bracing a metal pipe on the roadside.
A piece of wood with blood stains suspected to be the murder weapon was retrieved from the scene and lodged at the Whim Police Station as evidence.
According to information received, the man, along with friends, went to a party in the area, but he left in the company of a male about 20: 30h, claiming that he was heading home. Poonwassie, who used to reside at Tain, Port Mourant, was not drunk, according to reports.
His cousin with whom he shares his grandparents’ home did not see him at home after 22: 00h and attempted to telephone him, but the call was disconnected.
Several other attempts to make contact with Poonwassie proved futile.
However, passersby reportedly discovered the man’s body in a pool of blood and immediately contacted his relatives and the police. The man is survived by his father and four siblings.
