Georgetown: Six men were on Friday remanded to prison for the brutal murder of Crabwood Creek Hindu Priest Rish Bharrat known as ‘Haribole’.
They all appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the No.51 Magistrate’s Court.
Slapped with the joint murder charge are Devendra Khemraj called `Baya’; Ramzan Ally called `Jack’; Javed Ghandie called `Stempid’; Anil Angersham; Gregory Tejpertab called `Greg’ and Vidaianand Khemraj.
The men were not required to plead and they were remanded to prison until October 14.
Four of the accused have claimed that they were beaten by police during their time in custody.
As such, the Magistrate ordered that they be taken to see a doctor.
However, Police Prosecutor Inspector Orin Joseph told the court that the men had marks of violence when they were arrested.
It was reported the pandit, 60-year-old Rishi Bharrat, was lashed to the head with a piece of wood and beer bottles. The man’s 11-year-old son was also injured in the attack.
Police initially stated that a group of eight men were imbibing and using foul language in front of the now dead man’s property and as such, Bharrat went out to the men with a piece of wood and told them to remove from the area. This was at about 02:15h.
However, the men became annoyed, armed themselves and begun hitting the religious leader about his body, causing him to collapse on the street.
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