Extraditing Deokaran Sanasie has its challenges – police source

A SENIOR police source yesterday indicated to this publication that so far there have been no steps to ensure Deokaran ‘Ram’ Sanasie’s presence here for questioning in relation to investigations into the execution style killing of his wife, Patricia Sanasie. Patricia Sanasie was executed while attempting to enter her yard at Atlantic Gardens, while in the presence of one of her daughters.According to the police source, the investigations are still ongoing and the recent recording which was handed over to the police by the brother of the dead woman, along with his statement, are being reviewed by the investigators.
It was pointed out that Guyana’s extradition treaty only covers extraditing persons from Commonwealth countries but Deokaran is in the United States.
Last week the brother of the dead woman held a press conference where he released a recording with the voices of four persons, allegedly the voices of his now dead sister and would be hitman, together with another recording with the woman’s husband and another man with whom a plan to kill the woman and her brother were insinuated.
The police up to yesterday were still reviewing the recording and this newspaper was told that investigators are looking to do a voice recognition analysis, which is very critical in the probe.
The Guyana Police Force had a challenge in the past when it tried to extradite alleged drug trafficker Bobby Dataram from the United States to answer drug trafficking charges. Back then, his lawyer, who is now deceased, argued that attempts by the police to extradite his client were only valid if the man was living in a Commonwealth country at the time.