The Strathspey septuagenarian, who was brutally beaten during an attack on his family on Sunday morning by a businessman and his relatives yesterday succumbed to his injuries, police said.
The 72-year-old Deochand Ramsahoye of 109 Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, died while he was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Male Surgical Ward. Police said the man succumbed at around 1.30 am yesterday.
Police Commander of Region 4 Sub-division ‘C’, Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor, told Stabroek News that the four persons who they suspect to have committed the act remain in custody. He explained that investigators are close to wrapping up their investigation and would be seeking legal advice.
The four persons arrested are assisting with the investigations in relation to attempted murder and malicious damage to property.
Ramsahoye, Stabroek News was told, suffered from bleeding in his brain and fractured ribs.
Police investigations revealed that at around 2.45 am on Sunday, Taijwattie Bhawanie, Ramsahoye’s daughter-in-law was awakened by the breaking of windows. She saw four males hurling objects at the house.
She later heard that the attack was an act of revenge committed by persons who alleged that her brother-in-law had stolen a gold chain and cash belonging to one of them.
The suspects subsequently gained entry to the upper flat where Ramsahoye and his wife Farida Ramsahoye resided and proceeded to ransack the home, forcing Bhawanie and her family to flee the residence, police said. After the suspects fled, Bhawanie returned to her home and saw most of her valuables destroyed. She then proceeded to the upper flat where she found her father-in-law covered in blood with lacerations to his face and body.
