An autopsy performed on the remains of Ganesh Ramlakhan, who was allegedly murdered by his cousin at Mon Repos on New Year’s Day, has revealed that he died as result of a single stab wound to the heart.
The cousin, Vishal Baldeo, called “Vicky” and “Leader,” is still on the run, while police continue their hunt for him.
A relative of the dead man told Stabroek News yesterday that on Sunday morning two of Ramlakhan’s brothers received information that the suspect was hiding in a house at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. They subsequently turned up at the house with police ranks but came up empty-handed as Baldeo was suspected to have fled by then.
Ganesh Ramlakhan
Ramlakhan, 34, a carpenter of Lot 127 Mon Repos Pasture, was fatally stabbed during an altercation with Baldeo, which occurred on Friday afternoon.
Bibi Ameena Hack, a cousin-in-law of the dead man and a witness to the murder, had related to this newspaper that she and Ramlakhan were talking when Baldeo pulled up in front of the house in a car. She said he walked towards Ramlakhan and whispered something in his ear. The man responded, “What the [expletive] wrong with yuh boy?”
She had said the suspect then hit Ramlakhan at the back of his neck and ran into the house, where he armed himself with two knives from the kitchen drawer. “I try to hold he back and ask he where he going with them and he push me down and run outside to Ganesh,” Hack said.
She added that a scuffle ensued between the two men and Baldeo dealt Ramlakhan a stab in the region of his heart. As the wounded Ramlakhan attempted to flee, the suspect pushed him to the ground and dealt him two more stabs in his abdomen and back. Reports had also revealed that the suspect also dealt Ramlakhan’s father some chops about his body when he tried to intervene.
