Rio man was shot twice

According to reports, Bipram’s body was found at about 8.30 am by fire officers of the Mayaro Fire Station after they responded to reports of a house fire along the Guayaguayare Road.

After the blaze was extinguished, Bipram’s remains were found among the ruins. Investigators said that a week ago, Bipram was involved in an altercation with a man over a bag of dasheen.

Police said the man threatened to kill the father of two. Relatives told Newsday that the man had confronted Bipram over the bag of dasheen and also hit him to the face during a heated argument.

Bipram had also reported the threats made on his life to the Rio Claro Police Station. Bipram lived alone in a wooden oneroom house. Speaking with Newsday yesterday Bipram’s mother Guridai, 72, said her son’s murder was an act of pure evil.

“This person shot my son, then set him on fire...he is just pure evil,” she cried. Bipram said she hopes justice will be served and her son’s killer arrested and charged. “The man who did this to my son does not deserve to live. What type of person would kill another human being in this cruel manner,” she asked.

Bipram will be cremated at the Mafeking Cremation Site today following a funeral service at the family’s Navet Village, Rio Claro home. Up to late yesterday no arrest was made.