Berbice businessman murdered during suspected robbery

A Berbice businessman was found dead in his house on Monday morning.
Dead is Vickram Seubaran of Lot 135 Sookoo Street, Number 2 Village, Canje, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). The 53-year-old man was the proprietor of Universal DVD Club and Copy Centre.
Speaking with the media, the dead man’s brother, Dean Seubaran, said that he last saw his brother on Sunday night. “Only on Sundays, he does be home so I was here yesterday (Sunday), and me and he cooking and thing. I left he after cricket start, I seh I going home and watch cricket and I left he watching cricket. But he didn’t go nowhere because the same clothes I left he with yesterday (Sunday), the same clothes I come and find he with this morning (Monday),” he said.

 

The grieving brother said that he usually checks on his brother and upon doing so on Monday at about 06:00h, he discovered his brother’s lifeless body in a pool of blood in his kitchen area.
He said after he made the discovery, he immediately contacted the Police and the body was removed and taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Reports are that the man sustained one stab to his back.
According to Dean, his brother’s attacker seemed to have gained entry into the house from the kitchen door. A section of the lower flat of the house was ransacked and the mirror on a wardrobe shattered.
A next-door neighbour, Hemwattie Reginald, told this publication that she did not hear any strange sounds during Sunday night nor on Monday morning.
Vickram Seubaran, who was unmarried and had no children, was the President of the Port Mourant Cricket Club.