Providence man dies after battered with wood in row over bike

Roopram Jagdeo

By Javon Vickerie

Relatives of a painter, who was beaten to death on Thursday, are now coming to grips to the death. The murder occurred during a gruesome fight, following an argument, reportedly over a bicycle, with a man and was witnessed by the painter’s older daughter.

Dead is Roopram ‘Shane’ Jagdeo, 38, of Lot 110 Providence, East Bank Demerara. Jagdeo was reportedly beaten in his head with a piece of wood a number of times.

When Stabroek News visited the home of Jagdeo,