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Indian diamond buyer's murder… Man charged — Gems lead to identification of accused A murder charge was yesterday slapped against a Bel Air resident accused of killing Indian diamond buyer Saji Abrahim. Tazim Gafoor is accused of killing Abraham at his Lot 14 Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar home in March last year. Abrahim was found dead in his apartment at Lot 14 Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar on March 11.
At the time of the discovery, a window and the door to the victim's apartment were open and the apartment was also ransacked. Gafoor along with two other men were arrested on Monday last in connection with the murder. The Prosecution alleged that a post-mortem report revealed that the 37-year-old man died from manual strangulation coupled with blunt trauma to the head. It is alleged that an informant went to the police a few months after the murder and informed them that Gafoor killed the Indian national for a quantity of diamonds. According to the Prosecution, the informant said that the 30-year-old man acts as a ‘go-between' for miners and diamond buyers. It is alleged that he told police that some time before the murder Gafoor had reportedly shown him (the informant) some small diamonds that he had allegedly said he intended to sell to Abrahim. The informant stated that Gafoor had later told him that Abraham had bought the gems. According to the Prosecution, shortly after Abrahim was murdered Gafoor gave the informant some diamonds to keep. The informant alleged that he checked the diamonds and realised that they were the same gems that the man claimed he had sold to Abrahim. He later went to the police and related the story. Police were able to detain Gafoor and the informant identified him as the person who reportedly killed Abrahim. In court yesterday, Gafoor was laughing and talking with his relatives before the murder charge was read to him. After the charge was read to Gafoor, and Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan remanded him to prison, he said, “Thanks boss man,” and laughed as he left court. The case will continue on June 9. Friday May 12, 2006
Indian diamond buyer's murder… Three held, man identified by informant among suspects
Police appear to be closer to solving the murder of Indian diamond buyer, Saji Abraham, who was bludgeoned, strangled and robbed in his Prashad Nagar apartment, in March. Sources said that three suspects were detained yesterday and were being questioned at the Brickdam Police Station. Among those in custody is a West Coast Demerara resident whom an informant identified as Abraham's killer. Kaieteur News was unable to ascertain where the men were arrested. Detectives were still interrogating them last night and this newspaper understands that the investigators are trying to locate a car that the killers allegedly used on the night that the 37-year-old Indian national was slain. Abraham was found dead in his apartment at Lot 14 Delhi Street, Prashad Nagar on March 11. An autopsy revealed that he died from manual strangulation coupled with blunt trauma to the head. Police said that a window and the door to the victim's apartment were open. His apartment was also ransacked. Detectives received their first break late last month when an informant alleged that a West Coast Demerara resident murdered Abraham for a quantity of diamonds. According to the informant, the suspect acts as a ‘go-between' for miners and diamond buyers. Some time before the murder, the suspect had allegedly shown the informant some small diamonds that he, the suspect, said he intended to sell to Abraham. He then reportedly told the informant that Abraham had bought the gems. Abraham was murdered shortly after, and the informant alleged that the West Demerara resident gave him some diamonds to keep. The informant alleged that he checked the diamonds and realized that they were the same gems that the man claimed he had sold to Abraham. He subsequently received further information that caused him to contact the police. A Guyanese woman, who claimed to be the slain man's fiancée, had informed Kaieteur News that Abraham sometimes kept diamonds in his apartment. She also recalled that he had a few small diamonds in his possession shortly before he died
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