WCB man arrested after brother dies during violent fight

A West Berbice man is in custody assisting investigators who are probing the death of his brother on New Year’s Day.
Dead is 41-year-old Kiran Bacchus.

Reports are that the incident occurred at about 01:30h on New Year’s morning at Section ‘A’ Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice and resulted in the death of the father of three.
According to the police, the incident involved Kiran Bacchus and his younger brother, 27, who resides at the same address.
On Wednesday morning the police said, the older brother, Kiran was imbibing when he found out that his brother had prevented his wife, from entering the yard where their mother lived. He reportedly forcefully entered the yard and confronted his brother.
This led to a physical altercation that ended with both men allegedly falling to the ground and the older brother’s head hitting the ground causing him to bleed from his nose and become semi-unconscious.
He was taken to the Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he died while receiving treatment, the police said.
However, the dead man’s mother Sookranie said that her eldest son and his wife were at her home consuming alcohol and left and went to a neighbour’s house and continued to party.
She said they returned after she had locked her gate and this led to a confrontation and a subsequent fight.
According to the mother, during the altercation she tried to get between the parties and was pushed to the ground.
However, as her son tried to move away, he tripped over the hammock and fell hitting his head on the concrete floor.
A taxi was called and the injured man was taken to the hospital.
Meanwhile, in giving her account of what transpired, the now dead man’s wife, Seeta Churchand said she did not enter the yard. In fact, it was the mother who joined them at the neighbour’s house and was dancing with her now dead husband.
Churchand said her mother-in-law subsequently left the party. Churchand added that she was engaged with the kids including her son who were playing with fireworks when she was told that her husband had gone over to his mother yard and was injured.
“When I go I see my husband on the ground and my brother-in-law give me two cuffs on my face and push me out of the yard.”
She said she was refused entry to the taxi which was taking her husband to the hospital.
Meanwhile, as the police continue to investigate, an autopsy performed on the body of Bacchus revealed the cause of death as at asphyxia. (G4)