Diamond taxi driver’s bound body dumped in Enmore

Residents of Logwood, Enmore, awoke yesterday morning to the shocking discovery of the bound

Rajendra Puran

body of Diamond taxi driver Rajendra Puran lying in a drain in their East Coast Demerara community.
The discovery was made around 06:30 hours when Joseph Badal went to collect his newspaper and saw the body lying in the drain in front of his house.
An alarm was raised and within minutes other residents converged on the scene to get a glimpse of the body.
The hands were bound with a leather belt while his feet were tied together with a piece of white cord.
Puran’s vest was tightly wrapped around his neck, giving investigators the initial impression that he was strangled, while his jersey was pulled over his face as if the killers wanted to prevent him from seeing where they were taking him.
Puran, who lived approximately 23 miles away, at Grove New Scheme, East Bank Demerara, is believed to be a victim of a carjacking from outside his operating base at the entrance to the Diamond New (Housing) Scheme, since his white Toyota Raum has also vanished.
Police in a short statement said that about 06:30 hours yesterday “the body of taxi-driver Rajendra Puran, 41 years, of Grove, EBD, was found at Logwood, Enmore, ECD.  His feet and hands were bound and there were marks of violence to his face.”
“Investigations so far have revealed that Rajendra Puran left his home last night with his motorcar HB 9875, a white Toyota Raum. The motor vehicle has not been recovered as yet,” the police said

A heterosexual man in Denver claims that a Best Buy employee wrongly "outed" him on Facebook after he left his phone for repair.

Rich Dewberry said he brought in his mobile device to get fixed and was given a new phone. Shortly afterward, his Facebook status read, "I am gay, I'm coming out."

"The phone just started ringing constantly after that from [an] ex-spouse to friends," he told ABC's Denver affiliate, KMGH.

Dewberry said he was logged into his Facebook account on the phone he left with the store.

"I feel I have been humiliated. My reputation has been tarnished," he said.

"Just having to explain it to certain people that I haven't been in contact for a while," he said. "I feel I shouldn't have to do that."


Dewberry filed a complaint with the store, which told him the employee was fired, he  said.  Best Buy provided a statement to KMGH:

"Each year, every employee of Best Buy is asked to review and sign our Code of Ethics, which includes details on how they are expected to handle customer information."

Dewberry told KMGH he is exploring his legal options with an attorney.

The company did not return a request for comment.