The second victim in the Number 63 Beach Resort double murder has been identified as 59-year-old Harry Persaud Prashad of Number 65 Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Dead: Harry Persaud Prashad
On Friday, the badly-decomposed bodies of Prashad and 68-year old Vivekanand Narpatty were discovered on the balcony of Sun Splash Beach Resort located on the Number 63 Beach.
Narpatty, the owner of the resort, was found lying on the back, two toes were severed – one was next to his body and the other missing.
Prashad was found about fifteen feet away with both hands tied to a post on the balcony, one foot was also tied to the post but was severed at the ankle. Both bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition with maggots feasting.
Information reaching Guyana Times revealed that Narpatty returned to Guyana on December 9 and was residing at his holiday resort. Prashad had been the caretaker/security living at the premises. He had been working there for more than one year.
Vivekanand Narpatty
On Saturday, his body was identified by his only surviving sibling, Hemchand Persaud.
“I know him by his foot. His foot was broken and there is steel in it. In 1979, he got shot on his belly and it had a cut, and that is how I get to know that it is he,” the man told Guyana Times.
He related that his brother was not recognisable by his face. “He had no face on him,” Persaud recalled, explaining that worms had already eaten parts of his brother’s body.
The Sun Splash Beach Resort located on the Number 63 Beach where the two men were found dead
The discovery of the two bodies was made by Police after Narpatty’s daughter had been trying to contact him from overseas since December 23 but was unsuccessful. On Friday, she telephoned a young man living nearby to check on her father. As the man got to the building, there was a strong stench emanating and he turned away and reported it to the Police.
The ranks then went into the building and made the discovery.
Meanwhile, Narpatty’s sister, Chrisna “Christeena” Budram told this newspaper that her brother had always expressed fear of sleeping at the resort, which was not in operation at the time.
“He came back to Guyana to do some work on the building and when he came here last week Friday, he told me that he had two friends staying with him and he was safe,” the woman related.
While in Guyana, Narpatty had publicly announced his fear and had constructed a building at Number 65 Village on land owned by his two brothers. He had been using the building to sleep at nights.
The beach resort is in an isolated area.
In 2018, the High Court ordered that Narpatty demolish the building after his two brothers took him to court for constructing on their land.
This publication understands that when investigators went to the resort, they found several pieces of documents scattered on the balcony. Parts of the building were also ransacked.
Narpatty has two brothers and five sisters. He also leaves to mourn two daughters.
Meanwhile, Prashad leaves to mourn one brother and two children.
Police are continuing with the investigation, and up to Saturday, no arrest has been made.
