By
Stabroek
staff |
Saturday,
December
6, 2008 i
The political
activist who was found
dead in his Alexander
Village home on
Wednesday died as a
result of blunt trauma
to the head, government
pathologist Dr. Nehaul
Singh found during a
post-mortem examination
yesterday.
And as the police
continue their
investigations,
the trio arrested
following the discovery
was still being held up
to press time last
evening.
Fiesal Ferose Ali,
48, of Lot 179 Mandela
Avenue, Alexander
Village was discovered
dead in his bed, with
stab wounds to the upper
body and a wound to the
back of the head
A bloody knife and a
hammer were later
removed from the scene
by investigators and the
man’s computer system
was discovered to be
missing.
Two suspects were
apprehended on Wednesday
while a third was
arrested on Thursday
afternoon. Two of the
men are friends of Ali,
who would stay at his
home periodically.
Meena De Souza, the
man’s maid had told
Stabroek News that she
arrived as customary
just before 9 am on
Wednesday to do her
chores but found the
back door pushed in and
the padlock on but
unlocked. Believing
nothing was wrong she
entered the house and
met Ali’s mentally
challenged brother, who
indicated his brother
was in his bedroom.
Fifteen minutes later, a
friend turned up for Ali
and while De Souza was
against waking him the
man persisted and
entered the bedroom
where he discovered the
body.
De Souza and the man
was held for questioning
but subsequently
released.
Neighbours had told
Stabroek News that they
heard nothing. They
believed that the
killing occurred during
a heavy downpour earlier
that morning.
Ali was well-known in
political circles. His
National Republican
Party – a splinter of
the United Republican
Party – joined with
several other parties to
form the National Front
Alliance (NFA), which
banded together with the
PNCR to contest the 2006
general elections as the
PNCR-1G. Ali was a
candidate for the party.
