Days after confessing to detectives that he dealt his son-in-law a fatal blow to the head, a Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man is expected to appear before the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court some time today, charged with the capital offence of murder.
This is following legal advice obtained on Wednesday to charge the suspect.
Twenty-three-year-old Muneshwar Bisnauth, of Airy Hall, Mahaicony, was found dead at his in-laws’ Lot 20 Dundee, Mahaicony residence on Sunday. It was
Dead: Muneshwar Bisnauth
reported that the father of one was reportedly imbibing with his 16-year-old wife and her parents when an argument ensued. Shortly after, the fisherman’s lifeless body was discovered lying in the yard, with a gaping wound to the head.
Initially, Bisnauth’s wife and mother-in-law told the Police that he fell and hit his head in the yard. However, their story did not add up and as such, the two females, along with the suspect, were taken into custody for further questioning.
The following evening, the father-in-law confessed to murder during an interrogation by detectives. The suspect allegedly told Police that he dealt one blow to the man’s head with a piece of wood during an argument.
A post-mortem examination, conducted on Wednesday morning, confirmed that Bisnauth died as a result of haemorrhage in the brain and blunt trauma to the head. According to State Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh, the injuries were consistent with a lash to the head.
Meanwhile, the suspect had also confessed to instructing his relatives to “wash down” the blood before they called the dead man’s relatives to inform them of his death.
<<<Guyana Times>>> understands that the wife and mother-in-law of the now dead man were released from custody on Wednesday.
Relatives of the now dead man claimed that the suspect always fought with Bisnauth, since he did not approve of his daughter eloping with the young fisherman.
