KEVON FELMINE
Loud sobs could be heard as undertakers removed the body of Rickie Lochan from his Golconda home yesterday.
The father of three left home around 8 pm Friday to play all fours in Barrackpore. When his wife Feroza went outside around 3.15 am on yesterday morning, she found him lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his face. His car was parked in the yard and the keys were next to his body. She said she heard an explosion at around 1.50 am but did not think her husband was in danger.
Investigators suspect Lochan’s murder was a hit rather than a robbery. Southern Division Police, including Snr Supt Mohammed, ASP Joseph and Insp Gajadhar led investigators to the scene. They said Lochan had been shot just under his left eye from a distance.
Neither investigators or his family could explain why someone wanted Lochan dead. His daughter Fiona said while he was a serious person who “doesn’t like to take stupidness from nobody,“ he was not violent . She said he would kept his distance from negative people. Relatives said he was a kind and loving person.