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Cops crack 2012 unsolved murder… Gunman was paid $500,000 to kill Mahaica truck driver -woman, two others held
Jadesh Dass
By Michael Jordan
They’ve done it again. Ranks from Guyana Police Force’s Major Crimes Unit have solved yet another murder. This time it’s the baffling killing of 31-year-old Mahaica truck driver, Jadesh Dass.
Dass was shot in the head and left on a roadway four years ago.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum announced last night that detectives have detained a Mahaica businessman who is also the slain man’s employer; a woman from the same area, and her brother, who is also the alleged gunman. Police are also preparing to question a fourth suspect.
Detectives tracked the woman to a house at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, and rounded up the others at Mahaica. The businessman reportedly led the cops on a merry chase before being captured.
Dass’s body, with two bullet wounds to the head, was found on the parapet of the Mahaica New Road on April 17, 2012, some hours after he had left home with the intention of picking up a load of sand at a pit on the Soesdyke/Linden highway.
Relatives of the slain trucker have repeatedly told Kaieteur News that Dass was murdered over an affair that he was having with a woman in the area, and this was reportedly confirmed by at least one of the detained men.
From questioning the gunman, who hails from Albouystown, detectives have learned that a Chelsea Park, Mahaica businessman was furious that Dass was having an affair with the businessman’s sister-in-law.
He then confided in a woman with links to Mahaica and Albouystown. She in turn, recruited her 30-year-old brother to do the job.
The alleged gunman reportedly told investigators that he was given a $200,000 ‘down-payment’, and collected a further $300,000 after the ‘job’ was done.
LURED TO HIS DEATH
In the early hours of April 17, 2012, the gunman and other plotters parked a truck on Mahaica New Road. Leaving the hazard light on, the men pretended that the vehicle had broken down.
The men were fully aware that 31-year-old Jadesh Dass, also a trucker, would pass that route on his way to Soesdyke, and that he would stop to help.
Dass, who had left his mother’s home around 01.00 hrs, and as the men had predicted, stopped to help. When he exited his vehicle, they shot him dead.
Acting on rumours of the ‘affair,’ detectives had detained three men from a trucking firm. Police also questioned the slain driver’s alleged lover. She denied having an affair with Dass. They eventually released the three men on $100,000 bail each.
Police are to seek legal advice shortly.