Aszim Shivgobin, one of the three suspects accused in the murder of Canadian citizen Nicholas Ramkissoon Jaipaul, is currently hospitalised after he was attacked at the Lusignan Prison on Friday night.
Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels confirmed the attack, which occurred sometime after 10pm.
Sunday Stabroek was told that Shivgobin, also known as ‘Blackie’, 23, was brutally beaten and chopped about his body, including to his hands, feet, chest and face.
He is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), under police guard. His condition is listed as stable.
It is unclear what might have led to the attack, which is believed to have been carried out by another inmate or several inmates.
Samuels told Sunday Stabroek that it was being investigated and the facts will be presented when available. He described the circumstances surrounding the injuries inflicted on Shivgobin as “dangerous”.
Shivgobin and two others, Charran Sewdhan, also known as ‘Vicky’, 26, and Moonasar Beharry, also known as ‘Brick Head’, 56, of Lot 125 Section ‘A’, Number 70 Village, Corentyne, are currently on remand for the murder of Jaipaul.
The men were charged jointly with the crime on August 28th.
The burnt remains Jaipaul were found in bushes along the main access road at Moleson Creek, Upper Corentyne on August 20th, days after he was reported missing.
Jaipaul arrived in Guyana in January with his grandfather, Ramkissoon Jaipaul, 86. The duo were residing at the grandfather’s house in Number 69 Village, Corentyne, and were expected to leave the country in May but were forced to remain after flight restrictions were issued due to COVID-19.
Ramkissoon had said that he left Nicholas awake and went to bed on Sunday, August, 16, around 7.30 pm. However, the next morning he received a strange call asking if he was aware that his grandson was not in the house, which led him to file a police report.
He noted that he was never asked for any ransom but he had suspected that that was the reason behind the call.
Just days ago, the results of DNA testing confirmed that the burnt remains which were found were those of Jaipaul. The DNA testing was conducted by the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL).
