Non-Pareil man dies 2 months after being beaten by drinking buddy

Two months after being beaten by his drinking buddy, a Non-Pareil, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident succumbed to his injuries. Fifty-year-old Ashram Boodhoo, a handy man, died on Thursday.
His sister, Hermilla Boodhoo, when contacted, stated that her brother was injured on July 3 last while drinking at the suspect’s home. The incident arose from a dispute involving the suspect’s wife threatening to leave him.
“He living in Non-Pareil for about six years…and he and the suspect become friends and so them does work and so together. On the day of the incident, he buy a bottle of rum and a duck and he went over by the suspect and them start drink and cook. So, the suspect wife and he [the suspect] had a quarrel and something the suspect tell he wife and she tell he that he drinking too much and she gonna leave he,” the sister explained.
“He then start abusing my brother and cursing he out and so on. The suspect then get up and tell my brother get out of he yard, and he started pushing me brother out. They apparently had a fight and so, he couldn’t beat my brother, so he tek a wood and lashed my brother in he head, and me brother mek about five step and fall down and leave there. That was around 7 o’clock.”
Hermilla further related that the assailant returned to his yard, leaving her brother lying on the road for approximately three to four hours without assistance.
“Is when the suspect’s son-in-law come home from work, he see my brother lying down on the road and he call the Police. The Police come and they call the ambulance and they picked my brother up, take him to the Vigilance Police Station, and then they carry him to the hospital,” she explained.
The next day, Hermilla said she received a call informing her that her brother was in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
“When I go, they told us that he is in ICU and they took us up there and we get to see he…they then moved him from there and took him to the ICU in Liliendaal and from there he was on life support for six weeks and then they had him on oxygen… then they send him home.”
Hermilla disclosed that her brother had suffered severe brain injuries from the assault and was incapacitated until his passing.
“He had blood clots in his brain and underwent emergency surgery before being sent home on August 20th. He passed away afterward,” she said.
The family expressed frustration with the fact that the Police have not yet apprehended the suspect and called for justice.
“We don’t know the suspect’s real name; all we have is a picture of him. The afternoon my brother died, the Police contacted us, took us to the scene, and searched for him. They [villagers] told us they haven’t seen him since then. We want justice,” Hermilla emphasised.