Corentyne man sets house on fire before disappearing
A Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice man on Thursday set his one-story wooden house on fire before disappearing.
The burnt building
Based on reports received, 40-year-old Rajendra Balkarran called “Gomes”, a cattle ranger, lived alone at the Bound Yard, Port Mourant residence. Neighbours recalled hearing him making threats to burn down the building.
A neighbour told Guyana Times that at about 20:00h on the night in question, she heard Balkarran in the yard using indecent language and he was hitting a cutlass against the zinc fence.
“And he shouting out ‘Bring the cloth leh me burn down this house’, I don’t know who he was talking to.”
However, a few minutes later, the woman said flames started to emanate from the building. An alarm was raised and the Rose Hall Town Fire Service was contacted.
Firefighters responded promptly with one unit but they were unable to save the burning building. No household items were salvaged.
Police are on the lookout for Balkarran, who went into hiding.
