A construction worker was on Monday morning beaten with a rolling pin and brutally stabbed to death at his friend’s house at Rosignol, West Coast Berbice.
Dinesh “Kelvin” Harrylall, 20, of Lot 38 B Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice was allegedly stabbed seven times with a kitchen knife and beaten in the head with a rolling pin. The knife was later found hidden in a Hindu temple owned by the suspect, while the rolling pin was found on the floor in the kitchen area.
The suspect, Satrohan “Bluie” Madray reportedly confessed to the killing after he was interrogated by police ranks. He is expected to be charged with the capital offence of murder. Initially, the suspect reportedly told investigators that he and the victim were in the house when they were attacked by three bandits who struck Harrylall in the head.
He alleged that during the ordeal, the bandits demanded money and jewellery and said if he did not comply, they would kill Harrylall. Madray told investigators that he handed over Gy$600,000 to the bandits to leave his friend alone, but they stabbed him in the back and escaped.
Investigators did not buy that story, since there were visible marks of violence about the suspect’s body. When police visited the scene, the house was ransacked and upon further investigation and interrogation, Madray led them to the murder weapons. Police are also working on the theory that other persons are involved in the murder.
The deceased’s father, Jagdesh Harrylall, stated that the suspect and his son were very close friends. He explained that he was at home on Sunday when he overheard his son answering a call from Madray who asked him to come collect some jewellery that he had borrowed a few weeks ago.
Madray claimed that he had the jewellery at home, so the young man asked his father to drop him off at Rosignol to collect it. Before leaving the house, the father told Guyana Times International he telephoned Madray and enquired about the jewellery and was told that he did not have them but would get them the following morning.
The distraught father added that he attempted to talk his son out of going to the man’s home, but he insisted on going. He dropped off his son about 22:45h at his friend’s home and saw him enter the house.
Bad dream
In a hoarse voice, the man stated that he went to bed and had the weirdest dream about his son calling out to him for help, but was awakened by the sudden tooting of a car on his bridge. He said it was about 12:30h and he thought that it was his son who had returned home.
As he looked out, he realised that it was one of the suspect’s friends who claimed that he received a call from “Bluie” who informed him that something was amiss.
“He tell me that he was in Georgetown with his wife and on their way back he got a call from “Bluie” telling he that something was wrong… He said after he dropped home his wife, he went to Bluie’s house and found him fluttering on the ground and there was no sign of Kelvin.”
Upon hearing this, the dead man’s father instructed the man to report the matter to the police and he rushed to Madray’s house.
The elder Harrylall said that as soon as he opened the house, he was greeted by his son’s motionless body on the floor. There was a gash over his right eye and his forehead was swollen, he added. He panicked and started to call for Madray, but there was no answer.
Madray, who was hiding in the house, surfaced after the dead man’s father started to call his mobile phone and it was then that he claimed that Harrylall was killed during a robbery. Harrylall’s father then drove to the police station, collected two ranks, and went back to the house.
It was during the course of the initial investigation, he learnt that his son was stabbed seven times in the region of his back and neck.
He leaves to mourn his parents and younger brothers.
In a release, police said, based on investigations so far, Harrylall and Madray were involved in an argument over money during which he was stabbed and struck to his head.
