Nandalall Ruplall, the 20-year-old man who allegedly hit his 49-year-old father in the head, was charged with murder when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Wales Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The man’s father, Sunalall Ruplall of Lot 3 Rosetta, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, died last Wednesday at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was allegedly hit by his son.

Ruplall had previously appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder, to which he was not required to plead and was remanded to prison last Wednesday.

However, yesterday the charge of attempted murder was withdrawn and Ruplall was charged with murder. He was remanded to prison and the matter will continue before the Wales Magistrate’s Court shortly.

The men’s relatives blamed liquor as the cause of the tragedy. They had told Stabroek News that the younger Ruplall, who is Sunalall’s only son, had returned home on Sunday afternoon with his behaviour showing that he had consumed alcohol.