A 29-year-old father of two was on Saturday evening chopped to death by a vendor during an argument at Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Dead: Kishan Persaud
The dead man has been identified as Kishan Persaud, a seaman, of Lot 298 Buzz Bee Dam, Craig, EBD.
Based on reports received, he was chopped to his neck by the 36-year old suspect, who lives in the same area.
Guyana Times understands that at around 21:30h on the night in question, Persaud was driving motor car PKK 8911 through a street next to where he lives, but could not enter his yard because the suspect had parked his cart, blocking his passageway.
Persaud reportedly exited his vehicle and asked the suspect to remove his cart, thus giving him clearance to enter his yard, but the suspect refused.
As a result, an argument ensued between the two men during which the suspect reportedly whipped out a cutlass and chopped the father of twice to his neck after which he fled the scene.
When Guyana Times visited the home of the now dead man, his wife Theon Imran recalled what happened.
“ I heard a noise outside and when I run outside, I see the man that they does call “Uncle” cart blocking my husband car….then they were arguing…Uncle didn’t want move the cart, and when my husband tried to move the cart, he pull out a cutlass and chop he.”
“He run and jump in the car and drive out the street… one of his friends run out the old road and get another friend, and they jump in a bus. While they were going down, they saw him by Tank Street in Grove. The car was parked on the other side of the road, and he was lying unconscious”, she explained.
Imran said Persaud’s friends moved him over to the back seat, and took him to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre for emergency treatment. However, while he was receiving medical attention, he succumbed to his injury.
His body is presently at that hospital’s mortuary where it awaits a post-mortem examination (PME). Meanwhile, the suspect was arrested, and is presently in Police custody, assisting with investigations.
Persaud’s wife added that her three-year-old son is left traumatised, since he witnessed his father being chopped.
“My son saw what happened, and he keep saying that he see the man chopped his daddy and his daddy gone to the hospital and his daddy is dead. I don’t know what to tell him, when he gets big I don’t know what I’m gonna say to him…”, she said.
Imran said her husband had so much life left in him, and was in the process of building his house for his family. She said it is quite unfortunate that he was not able to accomplish his dream.
Persaud leaves to mourn his two sons, aged seven and three, his wife, parents and other family members.
