A father of five is now dead after he was stabbed late Wednesday night by his wife’s brother-in-law.
Police say Ramkarran Mohanlall, 33, of Annandale South, East Coast Demerara, was involved in an argument with a man at around 11pm Wednesday and as a result was stabbed about his body. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspect is still on the run.
Latchmi Singh, Mohanlall’s common-law wife, was present at the time of the stabbing. “I’m not living here (Annandale), I’m from Coldingen and I was staying here for a while and he (Mohanlall) was coming to spend some time with us last night and my brother-in-law was outside on the bridge,” she said, recalling the genesis of the altercation.
Her brother-in-law, who lives at the lower flat of the house she was staying at, saw her husband and started an argument with him.
“They always had issues between them and they would always argue with one another when they see each other. Only last year he (her brother-in-law) took a hockey stick and lash he (Mohanlall) up on his hands several times and ever since then it has been worse between them,” she pointed out, saying that after the argument started between the two men, it took a turn towards violence after a fight ensued. “I was right there on the bridge and I keep telling them to stop but none of them was listening to music. After one time, they start back again and this time they fall on the ground and Mohanlall was on top of my brother in law and I try to rush to he and stop it ’cause I see the knife but it was too fast,” the teary woman explained. She said that the man pulled out a knife from his waist and stabbed her husband four times about his body.
“After he was stabbed I rush to he and he get up and walk to his car and took about three gasps of breath and then just drop down,” she said.
Mohanlall was subsequently rushed to the GPH where he was pronounced dead. She said that after the attack, her brother-in-law ran away and has not been seen or heard from since.
