East Coast Demerara : Investigations are being conducted into the alleged murder of Mahesh Chan, 24 years, of Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which occurred about 11:30pm yesterday, allegedly by his father who subsequently fled the scene. The man was subsequently been apprehended and taken into custody.
Enquiries disclosed that the suspect had requested to borrow some money from his wife who refused his request. As a result they had an altercation which ended into a heated argument. The victim, who was present intervened and during the process, the suspect armed himself with a cutlass and inflicted a wound to the upper chest of the victim, who ran and collapsed.
He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
