US deportee charged with 2015 murder of male sex worker

Kanand Ojha, who was reported from the United States of America (USA) on Friday, was on Monday remanded to prison for the 2015 murder of male sex worker Noel “Nephi” Luther. Ojha was arrested in Queens, New York, back in September 2025 by law enforcement officials and reportedly served time before being deported to Guyana. Upon his deportation on Friday, charges were instituted and he appeared before Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He was not required to plead to the incident, which stated that he murdered Luther on July 22, 2015, at the intersection of Carmichael and Quamina Streets, Georgetown. As such, he was remanded to prison until his next court day, which is set for October 12, 2026.

Ojha had been wanted since July 2019 in connection with the killing of Luther, a sex worker, who was shot in the chest during a confrontation with Ojha and his associate Ron ‘Andel’ Forde. Forde was already sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2017 after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. It was reported that on the night in question, Forde and Ojha confronted and shot Luther while he plied his trade in the area. The shooting followed an argument that Luther had with an unsatisfied client, who was a friend of Forde. Ojha had allegedly accused the sex worker of robbing him and had left only to return later, accompanied by Forde, who then shot Luther, who died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.