-after drunken row
By Zoisa Fraser
A heated argument between two intoxicated brothers over $60 during a game of cards, ended tragically yesterday when one stabbed the other in the neck with a broken rum bottle.
Dead is Ramesh Nankishore also known as Rayburn, 28, of Lot 297 Foulis, East Coast Demerara. Up to press time last evening, the 31-year-old suspect was in custody at the Enmore Police Outpost.
Reports are the two were sitting under their home consuming alcohol and playing cards – one of their daily routines, when there was an argument over $60. During the argument, the suspect reportedly broke a bottle which was on a table and slashed, his brother on the left side of his neck. Nankishore lay bleeding heavily on the table and died there shortly after.
The suspect who was intoxicated made no attempts to flee and was standing there when the police arrived.
Almost two hours after the stabbing, Nankishore’s lifeless body was taken away.
At the house, last evening many curious villagers and relatives gathered as the police conducted their investigations. A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) rank arrived on the scene with his crime kit and after collecting his evidence left about ten minutes later. The men’s mother Kowsilla Seecharan called Radika and sister Sonita who were at home at the time of the incident were being consoled. They were later taken away from the area by the police.
Under the house where the stabbing occurred, was covered in blood. Blood was also on the ground and on a bench that the two had been sitting on.
Residents gathered, expressed their shock over the incident but pointed out that it was customary for the brothers to drink, gamble then fight all day. Many said that they could be seen with spirits in their hands from as early at seven in the morning.
They said that the two never did much to help themselves in terms of survival and would depend on their mother to look after them. They said that sometimes the victim would do gardening and other “fine fine” work in the area.
One of the men’s cousins Jasmattie Persaud told this newspaper that that morning, Nankishore came at her home with a half bottle of rum in his hand. She said that this is his usual behaviour.
“De two ah dem does drink and fight right hey every day”, the woman said shaking her head in disbelief over the incident.
Relatives also said that when the body was being removed they noticed a huge curve-shaped cut on Nankishore’s neck and several pointed out that there was no way he could have survived.
