Wails em­anat­ed from the Church Street, La Ro­man home of mur­dered dri­ver Saleem Ab­dool as pall­bear­ers car­ried his white cas­ket up the steps on Thurs­day evening.

Ab­dool, a dri­ver, had been killed in what po­lice be­lieve was a botched as­sas­si­na­tion at­tempt on his em­ploy­er on Tues­day.

Po­lice sources said they are close to crack­ing the case.