A 27-year-old labourer of Hand-en-Veldt, Mahaica was stabbed to death yesterday by inmates of the Georgetown Prison, one day after he was placed on remand for a larceny charge when he appeared at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court.
Davendra ‘Nave’ Beharry
Davendra ‘Nave’ Beharry was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Relatives told this newspaper yesterday that someone had stolen some spare parts from Chris Auto Sales where Beharry had been employed and given him to sell.
According to an uncle, Krishna Deepnarine, his nephew was consuming alcohol in a shop on Monday when the police received information about the stolen articles and arrested him. He said the man was taken to court on Thursday and he was shocked to receive the news about his death.
Deepnarine said that although the unmarried Beharry loved to drink he was very quiet and helpful. “He would come in easy when he drink; he don’t say anything to anybody…”
The man lived with his mother, Bhagwandai Beharry while his father, Balchand Beharry stayed in the Abary Creek to work on a cattle ranch.
Bhagwandai told this newspaper last evening that she had gone into the creek to visit her husband when she got a call at around 3 pm yesterday that her son was badly injured and was in the hospital.
She said that it was not until after she got to her home at Mahaica that she was given the news about her son’s death.
The Georgetown Prison up to late last evening had not issued a statement on Beharry’s death. A police press release said that Beharry was found dead in his cell. It added “investigations have so far revealed that about 2100 h (Thursday) he was behaving abnormally in his cell located in the social block, when he was attacked by two other inmates and sustained injuries”. A post-mortem examination is to be done.
Repeated efforts made to contact Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine yesterday were futile. Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee could not be reached last evening for a comment either.
Beharry is one of several inmates who have been attacked in prison recently with sharp objects.
A prison inmate, whose name is unknown to Stabroek News, was on Saturday admitted a patient to GPH after he was stabbed in the chest during a fight with another prisoner. The man was up to Tuesday a patient of the male open ward of GPH and was under police guard. He was not allowed to speak to the media about what happened. A press release sent by the hospital’s Public Relations Department had said that the unnamed 37-year-old inmate was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit after being stabbed.
The state had the responsibility for this young man’s security and safety. They failed miserably and now he’s dead. Someone must pay for this murder.
Too many dying while in the custody of the State…
Assuming that Mr. Beharry was innocent of these charges, how would certain persons sleep at night?
Whenever people refer to the deplorable state of the brickdam lock-ups, certain bloggers accuse them of defending criminals, but the real concern is that the lock-ups should cater for citizens of all walks of life. How many people have being detained (without trial) for very minor offenses and ended up dead after being housed with career criminals?
This madness will end when someone have enough resources to sue the state.
My condolences to the Baharry family.
Mr. Rohee!Mr.Greene and Mr.President is’nt there someting wrong with YOU and your OFFICERS of the JOINT FORCES?
As a former corrections officer now a nurse working in orange county jail it is the responsibility of the officers for the care,custody, and control of the inmates.The dept of corrections in Guyana should be held responsible, too many inmates are being abused and killed in Guyana.The families of all the deceased inmates should sue the govt for their loss.The guyanese govt is getting away with this type of lawlessness because people donot have the resources to take them to court.
One of the problems is first timers ( petty theft, larceny etc) shares the same vicinity as hardened criminals.
Either the prisons are understaffed or extremely incompetent.
something behind this he is dead cant talk well maybe i can talk something for him .Maybe the police beat him .i see once in jamaica how the police beat a guy to tell lies what he didnt do. soso .
i understand it wrong sorry .
This is your boy Rohee haww at work. He takes murderers and hardened criminals and put a lil boy charged with petty theft to mix in with them.
Again I am asking you people please tell me what is the PPP doing for Guyanese, in the past 17 years we have gotten what? we have to start demanding an answer to that question, Ask Lord Farquar what has he done for us before we do anything further for the PPP.
Do not squander your votes behind PPP and PHENC that is a waste of time. We have to show these people we will not accept the Litany of lazy excuses anymore.
Enough is enough.