Relatives of Haresh Singh, the West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenager who was murdered days after Isaiah and Joel Henry in what is believed to be a reprisal killing, feel as though his case is being neglected.
As such, they are calling on the police to locate and arrest the perpetrator/s so that they can receive justice.
“Abe want justice fah abe grandson. Me want justice fah meh grandson…… Meh glad leh them find ah who. Meh want them catch ah who because just suh how them catch them dah them can catch whoever do meh grandson this,” Haresh’s grandmother, Basmattie Singh told Stabroek News on Monday.
According to Basmattie, the family is eager to know about the investigation.
She noted that they haven’t been hearing from the police at all.
“Yuh nah hear nothing. Them nah come or call and seh nothing. No body nah come to abe or nobody nah tell abe nothing,” Basmattie said.
She added that she plans to visit the police station soon to follow up on the case.
Late Friday, three men: Vinod Gopaul, Anil Sancharra and Akash Singh were charged with murdering the Henry cousins.
Singh allegedly provided the police with a confession admitting his involvement in the crime.
Singh told investigators that the Henrys were killed over the destruction of a quantity of marijuana plants.
Since the charges were laid, calls have been made for closure in Singh’s killing also.
Contacted for a comment on Monday, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News that “all of the police efforts and resources will be dedicated to bring the matter to finality”.
He did not disclose any other information.
Seventeen-year-old Singh also known as ‘Raj’, of Lot 8, Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice was found with head injuries and chop wounds along the Number 2 backdam on September 9th, 2020.
Reports had revealed that Singh left home on his motorcycle to tend to his farm in the backdam of No. 3 Village, WCB.
Sometime after, his relatives saw smoke rising from the said backdam and left to investigate. They then discovered the body of Singh lying motionless and bleeding from his nose.
His motorcycle was also burnt.
An autopsy later concluded that he died as a result of brain haemorrhaging and blunt trauma to the head, compounded by compression injuries to his neck.
