Police probing strangling of Bartica intruder

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ryan Ramkarran called ‘Budhram’, 23 years of Fourth Avenue, Bartica, which occurred at about 2320h last night at Second Avenue, Bartica.

Police say that initial investigations have revealed that while making checks after hearing a noise in his home, the householder confronted Ramkarran during which the householder sustained several stab wounds and Ramkarran is believed to have been strangled.

The householder is under guard at the Bartica Hospital.

Police say that a toque mask with two eye-holes and two cell phones that are suspected to have been stolen, were found on the body of Ramkarran which is at the Bartica Hospital mortuary awaiting a PME.