A 29-year-old labourer of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was stabbed to death allegedly by a suspect called ‘Ragga’, during an argument over a phone. The family is demanding justice describing his death as “premeditated murder”. The suspect is yet to be arrested.
The police are investigating the killing of Otis Andey Haimchand, a 29-year-old labourer of Lot 183 Nabaclis, ECD, which occurred at about 21:00 hrs on Saturday at Haslington New Scheme, ECD.
The suspect, who is currently on the run, is a 36-year-old miner/businessman of Haslington New Scheme, ECD.
According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that earlier in the day (Saturday), the suspect and Haimchand had a misunderstanding over a cellular phone. Later, at around 21:00 hrs, they had another altercation where they scuffled and Haimchand tried to escape. The suspect allegedly followed and dealt Haimchand a stab to his upper left side chest. Haimchand fell to the ground, after which the suspect escaped the scene on foot.
The police said that when the body was examined, what appeared to be blood was seen on the chest area and there was a wound to the left side upper chest area, in the region of the heart. Haim-chand was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital. His body was thereafter escorted to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home for storage, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Several people were questioned and certain in-formation received. Police are currently looking for the suspect.
Safeeyah Waly, Haim-chand’s sister told Sta-broek News yesterday that they were notified about the incident at approximately 21:00 hrs on Saturday. Upon arrival at the scene it was cordoned off and Haimchand’s body was seen motionless in a pool of blood on the street.
She said the family was told that the suspect took Haimchand’s phone and bicycle and rode away. He subsequently returned and Haimchand demanded his phone but the suspect proceeded to destroy it. An argument ensued and they were involved in a scuffle during which the suspect stabbed Haimchand twice to the chest.
Waly mentioned that while the suspect was known to her brother, the family was not familiar with him. She said the family had more questions than answers.
Waly said Haimchand was the father of one.
She opined that swift actions by the police in issuing a wanted bulletin can lead to early apprehension. The family was reliably informed that the suspect has left for an interior region in an attempt to escape.
“We feel angry and sad. Why it had to be me brother? Why he couldn’t do him any other thing than killing he? Why he had to kill he? That was his own thing and he was innocent and he stabbed him two times to the heart. He was lying on the road bleeding out in a pool of blood. He could have do him anything else except kill he. We want justice for my brother. People killing innocent people for them own thing. What’s a phone and a scrap iron? It is an old bicycle Otis was riding and the phone is not even a fancy phone,” Waly said.
