A well-loved and respected religious leader in the Berbice area, Pandit Rishi Bharrat was beaten to death on Saturday night after asking a group of men who were gathered outside his yard to lower their music.
Police Commander in the Berbice area, Senior Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan told News Source this morning that 10 suspects have since been arrested for the crime.
According to reports, Pandit Bharrat was at his Crabwood Creek home when he decided to go outside to a group of men who were gathered in front of his house drinking alcohol, using foul language and playing loud music.
The Pandit who armed himself with a piece of wood, reportedly asked the men to move from in front of his yard. A heated confrontation between the 60-year-old and the men started and during the row, one of the men attacked the Pandit while the others joined in and started to beat him savagely.
Pandit Bharrat was left in an unconscious state and later pronounced dead. Police investigators moved in and quickly rounded up and arrested his alleged assailants.
The murder left the Crabwood Creek community and the Hindu community in shock.
In a statement this morning, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha condemned the “savage and heinous beating of the Pandit to death” and asked that the perpetrators of the brutal act face the full force of the law.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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