| –cops seek prison escapee, alleged accompliceOn the run since breaking out of prison while on a murder charge, fugitive Neshan Jagmohan is now theDead: Patrick Mohabirprime suspect in the brutal killing of a Corentyne businessman, who was shot and hacked to death in his home at around 23.30 hrs on Wednesday.Police say Patrick Mohabir, 42, of Lot 9 Belvedere Public Road,Wayne Gallman Giants Jersey, Corentyne, Berbice, was attacked in his home by two men who were armed with a gun and a cutlass.According to a police statement, the men also held up his wife Shabina Ahmad, 39.“During the incident Patrick Mohabir put up a resistance and was shot and chopped by the perpetrators who escaped with two cell phones and a pair of shoes.Mohabir succumbed at the Anamyah Memorial Hospital.Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum disclosed that investigators are trying to locate Neshan Jagmohan, who escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison last December while in solitary confinement.Jagmohan was committed to stand trial for the October 7, 2013 murder of businessman Devindra Deodat at Hampshire Squatting Area, Corentyne.Deodat, the owner of Cool Runnings Trucking Service, was shot and chopped to death by masked men who had stormed his grocery.The bandits also chopped Deodat’s wife in the head and shot her father, Rafeek Abdul, in the left arm.Blanhum also disclosed that they were seeking another suspect, but declined to identify the individual or say why investigators had connected Neshan Jagmohan to Wednesday’s killing.Kaieteur News was told that at around 23:30 hrs on Wednesday, two masked men – one armed with a long gun and another with a cutlass, both dressed in dark long-sleeved clothing entered the Mohabir’s home.The premises in which the attack occurred.Mohabir, a father of six, operates a popular grocery – Shabina and Sons Supermarket – on the premises.At the time of the invasion, Mohabir, his wife, Shabina and four of their children, were at home. The two older children live overseas.According to Shabina Ahmad, she and her husband were in their room when her husband heard some strange sounds emanating from outside. She said that they thought it was their children and he asked her to investigate, while he retired to bed. Upon venturing out of the room, the woman was confronted by two masked men.She said that she immediately begged the intruders not to harm her. She said she told the armed men to take whatever they wanted.However the men did not seem interested in her offers.Upon hearing the talking, the woman’s husband immediately got up from his bed, but was confronted by one of the bandits. A scuffle ensued and he was shot in his left thigh and chopped by one of the perpetrators. The shot, which was fired at close range, shattered his left leg.The bandits then returned to the woman.She “scrambled” with one of them pulling off his mask in the process. However she was not able to see his face “because he duck…” The invaders then quickly exited the house, taking with them two cell phones and a pairNeshan Jagmohan (right) and his brother Ramnarine during one of their court appearances.of shoes.Patrick Mohabir was left in the bedroom where he bled profusely. He was rushed to the nearby Anamayah Memorial Hospital, some four buildings away, where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.“I don’t think it was a robbery, ‘cause they didn’t ask for anything,” the man’s wife reflected.It was not clear how the men gained entry into the house, as there were no signs of forced entry or breakage. The woman stated that the invasion lasted about five minutes. Her four children slept through the ordeal and she woke them after the bandits left. The thieves escaped through a back door.Mohabir, who once worked as a body guard, had been fingered in many misdemeanours in the past. In 1998, he and two others were charged with murdering Detective police officer Raybourn Quinn. The detective was brutally chopped to death on the Whim Public Road while on his way to the Whim Police Station to make a report about cattle rustling. The matter was dismissed in the High Court a few years later. |
