6 men charged for brutally beating pandit to death

Almost one week after 60-year-old Rishi Bharrat, a pandit was beaten to death by a group of men in front of his Lot 10 Grant 106 Crabwood Creek, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) home, the police have charged six persons for the crime.
Public Relations Officer of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Stan Gouveia confirmed that the six men will make their appearance at the Whim Magistrate’s Court today where they will be arraigned with murder.
It was reported the at the man was lashed to the head with a piece of wood and beer bottles. The man’s 11-year-old son was also injured in the attack.
Police initially stated that a group of eight men were imbibing and using foul language in front of the now dead man’s property and as such, Bharrat went out to the men with a piece of wood and told them to remove from the area. This was at about 02:15h.
However, the men became annoyed, armed themselves and begun hitting the religious leader about his body, causing him to collapse on the street.
He was picked up by his relatives in an unconscious state and rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The man’s wife, Jasmin Bharrat had told the Guyana Times that at about 18:30h, a group of young men had gathered in front of their home and were speaking loudly and using foul language. This, she said, was disturbing her family.
She related that the family endured it until about 21:00h when they were ready to retire to bed. Her husband, she added, opened a window and spoke to the group of men.
He reportedly told them that his premises was not a “rum shop” and asked them to go elsewhere.
“He told them that people are living here and we are trying to sleep because we have work to do the next day.”
According to the wife, the men started to curse Bharrat. Upon hearing their verbal abuse, she reportedly contacted the Springlands Police Station to seek their intervention but no one responded to the report.
Bharrat reportedly went out of the house and onto the street to speak with the group of men. As he approached the men, one of them picked up a piece of wood and lashed Bharrat to his head. As he fell to the ground, the others took beer bottles and started to hit the pandit.
Bharrat made a living and had been operating a temple at his home for more than a decade. He had complained several times about the unholy behaviour in front of his mandir.
Back then he had stated that the Police were reluctant to respond when he called.