Two men are currently in custody following the deaths of Khemraj Maharaj and Mahase Motilal, who were found tied together outside a bar in Marabella on Friday, with their eyebrows shaved off and lipstick on their faces.
Police are questioning the suspects on all aspects, including whether Maraj and Motilal were killed as a result of a prank gone wrong. The suspects, sources said, were detained on Saturday at their homes.
The men were discovered outside the Las Vegas Recreation Club, Tarouba in South Trinidad on Friday.
An autopsy performed later in the day by pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov at the Forensic Science Center in St James revealed that the men had been poisoned. However, there were no marks of violence on the bodies of the two men to indicate that they had been forced the poison in any way.
Maharaj was a former Caroni (1975) Ltd worker turned handyman and Motilal worked as a PH driver. Maharaj was a father of three, while Motilal was not married and had no children.
Investigations are continuing.
