Hours after being stabbed during an argument at Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, a labourer succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday morning.
Dead: Albert Raghu, also called “Soldier”
Dead is 40-year-old Albert Raghu also called “Soldier” of Lot 218 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara. The suspects, his wife’s sister and her husband, have since been arrested and are assisting with the investigations.
Based on reports received, the now dead man and his spouse resided in the upper flat of the house while the suspects occupy the lower flat.
On Sunday evening at about 23:30h, the suspects were reportedly imbibing and playing music loudly in their apartment, thus disturbing the wife of the victim, who was at home alone at the time.
According to Police, as soon as Raghu arrived at home, his wife lodged a complaint. In anger, he reportedly collected a cutlass and confronted the suspects, who were in the yard.
The confrontation led to an argument and ultimately a scuffle. Police stated that during that time, the female suspect allegedly choked Raghu while her husband dealt two blows to his left side chest and left shoulder with the knives he was carrying.
The injured man collapsed and was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted but succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning. The male suspect sustained injuries to the left side abdomen.
When contacted, brother-in-law of the dead man, Marlon Persaud told Guyana Times that he was at home when he received a telephone call at about 23:30h informing him about the incident.
He said that he rushed to the scene but when he arrived, the gate was locked and he saw his brother-in-law bloodied, walking towards him.
“When I get in the yard, I heard meh sister telling meh, come see what happen to soldier…when he look at him, he had blood all over… I started to get bad feeling and meh sister called out to two neighbours…is them help pick he up and put he in the bus,” Persaud stated.
The young man drove his bus with the two injured men and took them to the hospital.
Persaud recalled that they received a telephone call from the nurse at about 06:00h on Sunday morning informing the relatives that the man had passed.
The aggrieved brother-in-law told Guyana Times that his two sisters are always at loggerheads, which would result in a heated exchange of words. He recounted that at least two reports were made to the Enmore Police Outpost about the behaviour of Raghu when he is intoxicated but he was never arrested.
Only three months ago, a report was lodged against him but he went into hiding. After a few days, he reappeared but the police never picked up the case.
On the night of the fatal stabbing, the young man explained that the victim had arrived home intoxicated.
He also noted that he warned them against the constant feud between family members but they never listened.
The now dead man leaves to mourn his wife and three children. The police are continuing their investigations.
