– was reportedly playing with gun
The owner of Timeless Taxi Service of Bath Experiment, West Coast Berbice died during a drinking session at a Chinese restaurant around 2.30 pm yesterday and reports are that he shot himself in the head.
Stabroek News learnt that Doulatram ‘Dara’ Singh, 35, a father of four was playing with a gun when he accidentally pulled the trigger. The bullet entered the right side of his head. Singh did not own a gun and no one could say where he might have acquired the one he was allegedly playing with.
Doulatram “Dara” Singh
According to reports, Singh was drinking with a friend at Lai Li Jiu Jia Chinese Restaurant yesterday. Two of the restaurant’s employees were reportedly present and the friend allegedly left Singh to go to the washroom. While there, he reportedly heard an explosion and on checking realized that the man had shot himself.
A large crowd gathered in front of the restaurant yesterday where the police were taking finger prints and conducting investigations; the gates to eating house were locked.
Through the iron-grille gates, this newspaper could see Singh’s body still in a sitting position on a chair that was braced against the wall. His head was tilted to the right and he was partly covered with blood. A pool of blood was on the floor. Four beer bottles were on the table.
The man’s wife, Christine Singh, who was inconsolable, told this newspaper that she and her husband had no problems and she questioned why he would want to kill himself.
Curious villagers mill around as undertakers from the Anthony Funeral Establishment removed the body yesterday.
She said her husband never even any showed signs of wanting to end his life. In fact he had just bought concrete blocks to extend their one-flat unpainted concrete house in time for Christmas.
The distraught woman kept lamenting, “we na had no problems; if we had problems and this de happen to he ah woulda say that’s why…”
In tears, she recalled that her husband had taken their children home from school for lunch and after they had eaten, he took them back to school, but did not return home. She said he called her a few times and told her he would “come just now.” But “just now” never reached, she said.
A distraught Christine Singh, surrounded by her children, Marissa, 11 (left); Doulatram Jr, 13 (right), eight-year-old Joshua (second, right) and six-year-old Travis (seated on mother) sits in front of the concrete blocks her husband had bought to extend their house.
Christine said he did not go to pick up the children after school and it was when she saw them arrive home on their own that she called his cellular phone. She said a female employee of the taxi service answered it and told her that he had shot himself and was dead. Christine said her husband did not own a gun. The employee, Neeta Persaud told this newspaper that Singh was at the taxi base located at Bath Settlement in the morning and he was in good spirits.
Persaud said she was dropping off a passenger at Bush Lot around 3 pm when she received a call from the friend he was drinking with that “Dara shoot heself and he dead and he gat to call the police.”
She said that she went to the restaurant and was told that her employer had been playing with the gun.
The man leaves to mourn his wife and four children, Doulatram Jr., 13, Marissa, 11, eight-year-old Joshua and six-year-old Travis. He was also taking care of three other children.
…..lil bit mo’ ah de same !…. de same ting ,, MINDLESSNESS !,,,,,, his death is the product of “STUPIDITY ” !,,,,,,
my thoughts is for the 6 left to fend for survival in this harsh world !,, fate is cruel ,, and karma is a bitch !
RECENTLY I SPEAK OUT ON STARTING A CAMPAIGN ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BUT NO BODY SEEMS TO BE TAKING ME ON. WELL THEN EXPECT MORE OF THIS STUPIDITY NOW HIS WIFE IS A WIDOW AND HIS CHILDREN FATHERLESS. WHAT NONESNSE
Ms Munroe
Suggestion. If you are really serious about wanting to educate people about the dangers and consequences of the over consumption of alcohol, just get two or three like-minded people, who are willing to get into the “trenches” to do so SERIOUS work.
Arm yourself with the relevant literature; network with Alcohol Anonymous Association (if one exists in Guyana); get permission from the Education Ministry to go into the schools to speak to kids. Speak with medical professionals and use them as your resource persons to do the lectures; use graphic pixs of what a diseased liver looks like; speak with the pastors, moulvis and pandits to get their permission to speak to the members; get the breweries to give talks on responsible drinking. This list is inexhaustable.
On the other hand bear this REALITY in mind. People will NEVER stop consuming alcohol, whether beer or hard liquor, however, that consumption can be reigned in and constrained. Point is the authorities have to do their part too. I am not the first blogger to say that the Liquor and Licensing Board should strictly enforce the selling of alcohol.
Boy everday is a gunshot and another one get drop. gunshot me na wan mor a dat, gunshot mek do yute dem walk and drap. before me follow bad boyz and fire gunshot me prefer go a dance wit a girl wah look fat and model in a dance with a girl wah look fat. my condolences to the family.
I believe the time has come for some proper system to be put in place to continuously help families who are losing a member of their household. This absence will cause more depression and stress which will eventually lead to poverty, distractions and own way behaviours.
……..and you will see more of this in the ppp strong whole……..wait an see!…..where there drugs there is illegal guns……..dara singh is a strong man how come he dead?……..the police very well knows what’s happening in bath………but look who is the regional chair and look who the represent……..bath got a lot of guns……..this place would never change….!!!
Dont know all the facts; what I can say is that this is so sad; look at those poor kids, my god….
I smell fish something fishie about that story all of a sudden the person who was with him went to use the restroom he kill he self . What kind of friend would leave someone who is drunk with a loaded gun only a fool… lock he up the gun have to be his according to the story the dead man dont own a gun.
Freespeech, Although I do quietly offer condolences to the bereaved families, I have reached the level that you are now at a long time ago and, therefore, no longer comment on these stupid rum incidents and wanton killing of innocent persons.
I agree with your perspective…no more comments on this type of rum stupidity.
if you aquire a gun somehow, the next thing is that you have to know about it’s safety requirements, you must always have the safety latch on at all times unless you are going to use it, this is so in the event you accidently pull the trigger, this would render the weapon useless, my condolences to the bereaved family.
If this was an accident, then it could have been avoided. When handling a firearm there are rules,that must be obeyed. Rule # 1 Assume every firearm is loaded. R #2 Control the muzzle direction at all time. Meaning the muzzle of a firearm,should not be pointed towards yourself, or any other person. And the MOTHER RULE is NEVER EVER touch a FIREARM while drinking any ALCOHOL. May his soul R.I.P, but stupidity killed him.