Slain carpenter’s family calls for justice as they rejects $50M bribe

Georgetown: “All we want is justice” was the cry and plead of the relatives of murdered Berbice Carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt as they were approached by a the perpetrators relative who offered a GUY$50M bribe to settle the matter. With wanted bulletins being issued by both the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Interpol for Marcus Brian Bisram, the alleged mastermind behind the murder plot. It was reported that Narinedatt was beaten unconscious on November, 1st 2016 by several suspects, placed in the trunk of a car and taken to the public road where he was run over by a car to stage the crime as a road accident and not a homicide. The wanted man reportedly made sexual advances to the now dead man, but was rejected. Out of embarrassment, Bisram allegedly instructed two villagers to “get rid” of the father of two. The carpenter’s body was discovered about 03:45h at a scene which appeared to be that of a hit-and-run accident. From the inception, relatives of the dead man thought something was amiss. Several people were taken into custody and interrogated; two of them then confessed to the murder and implicated several others, including the businessman.

It is alleged that Narinedatt was murdered between October 31 and November 1, last at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
The victim’s wife, Pooja Pitam, alleged that the individual informed her that Bisram was willing to pay $20 million to settle the matter. However, when the woman refused the offer, the individual reportedly returned two days later and raised the sum to $50M. Again, Pitam refused to accept the money and told the individual that no amount of money can bring her husband back. Not satisfied with the response, the same person allegedly approached another relative of the victim, Abdool Rizan Shareek.

“I chased him out the yard because we want justice and not their money. If his family was to accept that money then the persons who killed him will walk free,” Shareek said.
He said that all the relatives want at this point is justice.
The Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan was informed of the offer when he visited the victim’s relatives on Saturday.
Ramjattan told the family that he will speak to the Director of Public Prosecutions to send a state counsel to prosecute the matter which has been transferred to the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.
For the carpenter’s murder, there are seven persons before the court.
The multi-millionaire, who is the founder of the Marcus Brian Bisram Foundation, is said to have donated $2M to a Berbice Community Policing Group and recently pledged $200M annually to the needy in Berbice.