Labourer stabbed to death during fight with housemate

Forty-five-year-old Khemraj Sukhna also called “Bowe” of Coconut Dam, Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Saturday evening stabbed to death during a fight with his housemate.
Based on reports received, Sukhna and the suspect reportedly lived at the same address. However, on the night in question, the two men were consuming alcohol at a shop in the village when an argument broke out between them which later turned into a fight.
The suspect, nevertheless, left the shop and went home while the now dead man remained on a nearby bridge.
After some time, Sukhna went home and another argument developed followed by a scuffle. It was at this time, the suspect reportedly armed himself with a knife and stabbed the labourer to his chest and left arm.
As a result of the injury, the man collapsed on a mattress on the verandah, where he died. Guyana Times understands that at about 02:00h on Sunday, the suspect went to the Cane Grove Police Station where he reported that he and the now dead man were involved in a scuffle during which the victim fell on a knife and remained motionless.
The suspect was escorted to the scene where Police found Sukhna in a pool of blood. From all indications, he sustained one stab wound to his right-side chest and another to his left arm.
A blood-stained knife suspected to be the murder weapon was found next to Sukhna’s body.
Meanwhile, during investigations, injuries were seen on the suspect’s head and feet, which he claimed to have received during a scuffle with the now dead man. He was taken into custody pending charges.
The body was taken to Lyken’s Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem.