– 69-year-old, teenager arrested for brutal murders
An occupant of the New Amsterdam Dharam Shala at Fort Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), was reportedly beaten to death by a 69-year-old man of the same institution.
Dead: 62-year-old Dharamdeo Singh
The dead man has been identified as 62-year-old Dharamdeo Singh.
Based on reports received, Singh was restricted to bed and as such was required to stay in the lower flat of the facility. However, Police stated that the now dead man was lying on his bed when the suspect walked up to him and dealt him several lashes to the body with a piece of wood.
The man sustained injuries to his body and was taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Guyana Times was told that the suspect is an able-bodied man who would normally do chores around the building. In fact, he reportedly mops the dining area every morning but he refused to stay in the upper flat of the building, claiming that it was difficult for him to climb the stairs.
The lower flat of the building was designated for immobile occupants. The suspect, whose name was given as Mohamed Khan, was the only mobile occupant in that flat.
Murder suspect: 69-year-old Mohamed Khan
When this publication visited the facility, several occupants reported that Khan entered the room with a piece of stick, went straight to Singh’s bed, and assaulted him.
At the time, they did not raise an alarm since they too were fearful for their lives. Nevertheless, Singh’s motionless body was discovered when staff members turned up for work.
The Police were called in and some of the occupants reported what had transpired. Khan was taken into custody. Singh was described as a soft-spoken and quiet person.
Meanwhile, in another incident, this time along the Corentyne, 26-year-old Pursoram Ganpat, a labourer of Well Rank Dam, Number 57 Village, was stabbed to death in the wee hours of Monday during a drinking spree at Queenstown, Corriverton, Corentyne.
Police stated that the suspect and the victim were imbibing together, when a heated argument ensued, resulting in a scuffle. The suspect then armed himself with a knife and dealt the victim several blows to his body, thus causing him to collapse.
Dead: Pursoram Ganpat
Ganpat was subsequently taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment. Police have since arrested the 18-year-old suspect.
When contacted, the now- dead man’s mother, Naiwattie Sancharran, related that it was the suspect’s parents who informed her that the teenager had stabbed her son.
The woman recalled being told that his condition was not serious.
“When I go to the hospital, he done dead,” the mother stated.
However, Ganpat’s sister, Parbattie Chunilall, related that her brother met his demise after he reportedly intervened in a domestic dispute. The suspect, she added, was assaulting his sister when Ganpat got involved and asked him to stop.
“Is loose, he loose she and start to stab my brother up… he stab he like 15 times.” At the time of the stabbing, the suspect was heavily intoxicated.
Murder suspect: Kevin Somrah
Ganpat leaves to mourn his wife and a one-month-old child among other relatives. Police are continuing their investigations. (Andrew Carmichael)
