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Apr 19, 2017 News
A father of two died in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) around 05:00 hrs yesterday, two days after he was allegedly beaten during a suspected robbery by a group of men with
whom he had been imbibing.
Balwant Ramsaran of 504 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was attacked after he reportedly put up a fight when his “drinking buddies” tried to rob him in a rum shop at Farm, EBD.
According to information received, the father of two was imbibing at a ground in Farm with a group of men. Reports are that when Ramsaran became intoxicated, the men he was drinking with allegedly tried to rob him to which the victim put up a fight and left.
The victim’s brother-in-law, Devon Winter said that Ramsaran reportedly left the ground and went to a shop a short distance away. It was there that the men followed him and attacked him.
“When he drink, they usually rob him,. but this time he put up a fight,” Ramsaran noted.
Kaieteur News was informed that when the 41-year-old man was attacked by the group of men, one of the individuals picked up a piece of wood and dealt him several lashes to the head and back.
The victim collapsed and was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, and later transferred to the GPHC where he succumbed.
Winter explained that while the man lived at Herstelling, he spent most of his time in Land of Canaan where he worked as a joiner.
No one has been arrested.
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