Prominent criminal lawyer, Vic Puran died last night in what appears to have been an accident on the Mahaicony Branch Road.
It is believed that he ran off the road at a dangerous turn on the thoroughfare in the agricultural community. His body was discovered in his vehicle by residents early Tuesday morning.
A close colleague of his told Demerara Waves Online News (
www.demwaves.com
) that Puran ran off the road into a nearby trench and struck his head very hard.
The accident apparently occurred late Monday night while Puran was going to his pig farm aback Mahaicony.
Puran, who briefly made an appearance as Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee's lawyer at the Commission of Inquiry hearings, was a regular attendee at the sittings.
He was an attorney for Guyanese drug kingpin and Shaheed 'Roger' Khan who has been convicted and jailed in the United States.
Puran met his demise less than one day after his client Ricardo 'Fatman' Rodrigues was gunned down at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club on Albert Street between Woolford Avenue and Thomas Road, Georgetown. Rodrigues was a close confidante of Khan.
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