A 19-year-old man has been charged with the capital offence of murder over his cousin’s death.
Mahendra Singh, called “Vishal” was remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty before whom he appeared on Thursday last at the Wales Magistrate’s Court.
Murder accused: Mahendra Singh
The Lot 25 Conservancy Dam, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) resident, a farmer, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.
He was remanded to prison until June 22.
Dead is 35-year-old Seeram Krishna also called “Vicky” of Lot 24 A Conservancy Dam, Canal No 1, WBD. Police stated that at about 10:00h on May 20, the now dead man and the accused’s father were consuming alcohol and about one hour later, Singh returned home from work.
Soon after, Singh and the now dead man left the house and went to the Conservancy Dam where they joined other friends and continued drinking.
However, at about 17:30h, the teen’s father joined them but this led to him insulting the 59-year-old man. Embarrassed, the teen’s father went away.
This did not go down well with the now dead man, who reprimanded the teen for his behaviour towards his father but this led to a heated argument between the cousins.
During the argument, Krishna reportedly dealt one slap to the teen’s face and a scuffle ensued.
In anger, the teenager reportedly ran home and returned to the Conservancy Dam with a cutlass.
“He rushed up to Krishna and dealt him one chop to his left-side face. Krishna fell to the ground, and the suspect made good his escape,” the Police stated in a release to the media.
A report was made to La Grange Police Station and upon reaching the scene, Police discovered Krishna lying on the dam in a pool of blood.
He was picked up and taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) where he was pronounced dead. The accused, who went into hiding, subsequently surrendered to the Police.
