The lifeless body of a labourer was on Monday discovered at his Lot 272 Brittan, West Coast Berbice home.
Dead is Rakesh Outar, 30. Reports are the discovery was made by the dead man’s mother, Danmat Outar, who had gone to his home to check on him.
According to her, when she arrived at the gate, she called but got no response. She said she nonetheless went inside the yard and was greeted with an unpleasant odour. She said she ventured into the house and found him lying face down.
“I had send his three children to school. I did tell them to come by me and I prepare them for school, so later in the day, I go to see how he doing… it had blood coming out of his mouth and blood all on his head when the police turn him over,” she said.
Dead: Rakesh Outar
According to the grieving mother, on January 27, Rakesh told her that he was going fishing and left his children with her.
This publication was told that while fishing, three men accused Rakesh of stealing a bicycle and this led to a confrontation during which the men beat him.
“They start to lash Rakesh in he back and them one of them start to choke him and is another boy had to go and save him,” a close relative said.
She said before leaving, the trio threw Rakesh’s bicycle into the trench.
“When he raise up his shirt if you see the marks on his back and he did bleeding so I tell him to go and make a report at the station [Police Station],” the relative said.
The relative noted that the injured man apparently went home and subsequently died. He leaves to mourn his mother and three children ages 10, seven and five.
Guyana Times was told that the Police made efforts to arrest the three men who had beaten Outar but they have since gone into hiding. A post mortem is expected today.
