A Number 72 Village, Corentyne man is now dead after a fight with a relative, who police have taken into custody.
The deceased is Lakeram Dhurup, also known as ‘Videsh,’ 29, of Lot 95 Number 72 Village, Corentyne.
The Guyana Police Force last evening reported Dhurup’s death as a murder and confirmed that a man, 30, who resides in the same yard as Dhurup, is in police custody assisting with the investigation.
A report from the police stated that around 11 pm on Sunday, the suspect and Dhurup were involved in a heated argument over the latter’s wife. “After the argument both men went into the yard where the deceased allegedly continued to curse and abuse the suspect before choking the suspect,” the police said.
The report added that the suspect got angry and picked up a wooden bat and dealt the deceased three lashes to his right hand, his forehead and back.
After the blows were inflicted Dhurup reportedly fell on a concrete surface where he hit his face and forehead and became unconscious.
The police report noted that the suspect then picked up Dhurup and took him into his house, where he made attempts to revive him with limacol and water.
However, Dhurup did not regain consciousness and as a result he was taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspect’s wife told Stabroek News that she and her husband shared a yard with the deceased and his girlfriend. She identified herself as his sister-in-law.
She claimed that they discovered Dhurup on the concrete surface and they suspected that he fell and hit his head.
She also noted that they tried to revive the man but were unable to do so.
She did not mention any details pertaining to the fight preceding the fall as related by police.
