Two fishermen were yesterday charged with the murder of Corentyne boat captain Mahadeo Ramdial, who drowned after a pirate attack two weeks ago, while the brother of one of the accused was charged with aiding and abetting them during police investigations.
Khemraj Naraisan, 38, of 108 ‘B’ Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice and Doodnauth Singh, 51, of 348 Fifth Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice, were not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday.
The fishermen were read a charge which stated that on May 16, between Tain and Rose Hall Town River, they murdered Ramdial