Karamchan Mukunauth, a 39-year-old fisherman of Latchman Singh Housing Scheme in Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, was on Thursday arraigned before Vigilance Magistrate Fabayo Azore for the murder of 28-year-old carpenter Abdool Javid Razack, who was stabbed to death earlier in the week.
Mukunauth was not required to plead to the indictable charge, and has been remanded to prison until May 25. Razack, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, was allegedly stabbed to death after he had slapped Mukunauth.
Murder accused Karamchan Mukunauth
It has been reported that a businessman contacted the Police and informed them of the stabbing incident. He reportedly told Police that, on Monday last, at about 11:15h, he was on his balcony when he heard loud talking, and as he looked over, he saw Razack and the suspect, who was identified as “Bogus”, standing.
At the time, he recalled, the suspect was brandishing a knife in front of the victim, and he suddenly stabbing the victim in the chest. The victim reportedly fell down, but got up and went after the suspect. However, after running behind him for a short distance, he reportedly collapsed.
The Police were summoned, and the injured man was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was being administered treatment in the Accident and Emergency Unit, but was later pronounced dead.
The bloodstained brown-handle kitchen knife was recovered about five feet away from the crime scene. Police have said that the suspect, who has no fixed place of abode, when arrested, explained that the victim had slapped him, and in retaliation he dealt him one blow to the chest with the knife.
He told the Police that the victim’s uncle had also assaulted him with a piece of wood, thus causing him to sustain injuries. He was thus taken to the Buxton Health Centre, where he was treated before being handed over to the Police.
