Two persons – a man and a woman – were on Tuesday arraigned for the murder of 62-year-old US-based Guyanese, Hemraj Pardesi, who was found dead in his Berbice home on Tuesday last.
The duo, 23-year-old Malisha Dutchin of Reliance Settlement, East Canje, and 32-year-old Mario Bissoondyal appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court and were not required to plead to the indictment.
Police stated that on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, they murdered Hemraj Pardesi. The charge was read to them by Magistrate Renita Singh, who remanded them to prison until September 9, 2021, and the matter was transferred to the Reliance Magistrate’s Court.
It was reported that Pardesi called “Prem”, of Lot 9 Reliance, East Canje, Berbice, was attacked in his yard by two suspects after his close associate who had accompanied him to the bank earlier in the day had left.
His lifeless body was found at the bottom of his outdoor step. He was bleeding from his nose with duct tape around his neck. Upon checking, the Police found the upper flat of the house ransacked.
Murdered: Hemraj Pardesi
Guyana Times had reported that on the day the man was murdered, he had visited a local bank and made a withdrawal of an undisclosed sum of cash. The money was intended to pay for some renovation that is being done on the now dead man’s home.
However, following the discovery, the Police had arrested several persons in connection with the murder. During interrogation, one of the men reportedly confessed to being a part of the heinous crime.
He told detectives that he only carried out the robbery but at no time did he hurt the elderly man. In the same breath, he implicated several mothers, two of whom remain on the run.
