A beer garden owner is in custody as the police investigate the fatal shooting of Youganand Chetram, called ‘Boy’, a 29-year-old cane harvester from Alness Village which occurred at about 10 am on January 1st, 2025 at Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder in Corentyne, Berbice.
In a statement yesterday, the police said that the beer garden owner, Moonie Ramnarine, 65, of Lot CZ 14, Lesbeholden, who did the shooting is the licensed holder of a .32 pistol bearing serial number FOC5287.
The police said that Ramnarine operates a beer garden in the lower flat of his premises and on the date and time mentioned above, an argument among patrons at his beer garden escalated, with Chetram and others breaking bottles and threatening each other.