Several persons are now being questioned by police in relation to the death of 25-year-old Enterprise, East Coast Demerara businessman Kumar Mohabir, who was attacked by about seven men during Mashramani celebrations on Saturday.
Mohabir succumbed on Sunday and his autopsy yesterday revealed he died of haemorrhagic shock owing to the amount of blood he lost after being stabbed multiple times.
When contacted yesterday Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News that several persons were are in police custody assisting with the investigations. Stabroek News confirmed that they were in custody up to late yesterday afternoon.
Persaud was unsure if the persons in custody were suspects or witnesses but emphasized that persons were being questioned.
The attack occurred on Vlissingen Road, between Barr Street and Shell Road, just after 7 pm on Saturday. In a statement, the police said investigations revealed that Kumar went to a bar to make a purchase but he became involved in an argument with a group of men, during which he was stabbed about his body with broken bottles. His brother, Navindra Mohabir, 30, went to his assistance and was also stabbed.
The police said they were taken to a private hospital, where Navindra was treated and sent away, while Kumar later succumbed to his injuries.
One of the men had reportedly accused Kumar, called ‘Duxie’ and ‘Firelink,’ of stepping on his toes and attacked him before at least six others joined in to batter him with broken beer bottles and a knife, relatives said. He died at the Woodlands Hospital around 2:45 on Sunday morning.
Navindra had said he was not sure what transpired as all he saw was the man swinging at his brother. “The boy pelt one cuff and he [Kumar] fall down and the boy start lash he with beer bottle,” the wounded Navindra recounted. He said that about seven or eight men also attacked his brother, using broken beer bottles. “So when I see they lash he, now I run…and when I run deh now, he de already unconscious on the ground because they lash he with bottle and I go over he head…and try to save him you know…and that is how come they start juk me and lash me in me head with bottle,” the emotional man recounted.
He said he screamed for persons to help but they all ran away and he singlehandedly lifted his brother from the scene to the corner of Pike and Vlissingen Road then ran to get the bus, which was parked at Alexander and Pike streets.
Navindra refused treatment as he asked the doctors available to tend to his bleeding and unconscious brother and it was only after this was done that he sought care.
The Mohabirs are asking persons who have information to also share it with the police as they want to see justice prevail and the perpetrators charged.
