2 released, another held for Malabar murders

However, a third man is now in custody.

Newsday understands the man, aged 19, is expected to be placed on an Identification Parade sometime later this week. He is being kept at a police station in Northern Division.

Police sources last night confirmed that a 24-year-old Arima man and a 25-year-old Sangre Grande man were released after the 19-year-old was arrested. On Sunday, attorney for the Arima and Sangre Grande suspects Fareed Ali complained that his clients were being abused and denied their basis rights while in custody.

On June 28, the bodies of 57-year-old Mohammed and schoolboy Vedesh Subar were discovered by Mohammed’s husband at their (the Mohammeds) Ajim Baksh Trace, Malabar home. Both their throats were slit.