Captured Black Bush triple murder suspect for court today

The fourth suspect in the Black Bush Polder (BBP) triple murder is to make his first court appearance today (Tuesday).

Rakesh Karamchand, 40, was apprehended, on Saturday near a farmland at Duck Creek on Upper Corentyne and was charged with the capital offence on Monday.

He had been wanted by police since July 23, in connection with the deaths of two men and a boy in the backlands of the Polder.

Pawan Chandradeo also called ‘Surish’ ,37, of Lot 163 Mibicuri, BBP; his son Jaikarran Chandradeo also called ‘Kevin’, 15, and his brother-in-law Narish Rooplall also called ‘Mice’, 33, of Number 73 Village, Corentyne, were discovered dead on a dam at Cookrite Savannah.

Pawan had a laceration to the head which caused a fractured skull. The cause of death was given as shock and haemorrhaging. Autopsies of Jaikarran and Rooplall listed the cause of death as shock and haemorrhaging caused by a gunshot wound.

Following the discovery, Jairam Chetram, 19, his father Carlton ‘Lyman’ Chetram and Tameshwar Tajmohan all confessed to playing a part in the crime. Their statements implicated a fourth person.

On Saturday Police in a release confirmed that the fourth suspect was caught. Karamchand is also identified as “Rocky” or “Go to front”.