A West Bank Berbice man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murdering his brother last Saturday.
Khemlall Bishnath also known as `Baison’, 44, a labourer of Shieldstown Village, West Bank Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.
The charge stated that on May 30, he murdered Sarananand Bisnath also known as “Sardanan”, 45, a labourer, of Shields-town Village, West Bank Berbice.
The accused was not required to enter a plea and will return to court on July, 1.
Stabroek News was previously told, that Sarananand and Khemlall were imbibing at two different locations in the village, when Khemlall ventured over to Sardananand’s house where he (Sardananand) resided with their father.
The two reportedly began to argue over a plot of land which is owned by their father when Khemlall allegedly armed himself with a knife and dealt his brother a stab in the vicinity of his heart and in his right arm.
The police were immediately summoned and Sarananand was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
