A labourer met a fiery death after his camp allegedly went up in flames between Saturday evening and Sunday at Shieldstown Backdam, West Bank Berbice (WBB).
Dead: Abdool Basheer Rahoop
The now dead man has been identified as 61-year-old Abdool Basheer Rahoop of Lot 149 Shieldstown, WBB.
While the circumstances surrounding the man’s death remain sketchy, family members believe that he might have been murdered and then set alight since he was reportedly threatened days prior to his demise.
Wife of the dead man, Dhanram Ramkisoon told Guyana Times that her husband left home and went into the backdam on Saturday afternoon with a relative. However, the relative turned up at her house on Sunday and informed them that Rahoop was burnt to death after a fire engulfed the camp.
The wife, daughter and another relative of the dead man on Monday
The police were immediately summoned and the man was arrested. “The police ask me if this is the man that carry my husband to the backdam and ah tell them yes.”
According to the mother of ten, her husband and the suspect were imbibing prior to their departure to the backdam. Upon leaving home, they purchased another three bottles of booze to take with them.
She claimed that they were expected back out on Monday. Access to the backdam is quite difficult since persons can only travel by motorcycle or hitching a ride from GuySuCo trucks.
However, the woman claimed that her husband’s body was severely damaged and is holding out that he was murdered.
Guyana Times understands that the suspect and the now dead man’s daughter were in a relationship but after some time, she moved on with someone else. Nevertheless, they secretly meet each other from time to time.
The woman’s reputed husband claimed that about three months ago, he found his wife at the suspect‘s house. As a result, he was assaulted by the suspect and the now dead man.
The matter was subsequently reported to the police but no charges were brought against them. Meanwhile, now that her father is dead, the daughter told investigators that she along with her father were threatened by the suspect.
“He threaten that if [he] nah get back me, he go kill me and meh father,” the woman added. With this in mind, she believes that her father and the suspect might have gotten into an argument at the camp that led to his demise.
The family is calling on the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.
