Written by Leroy Smith
TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Danraj Budhan of 168 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was killed early yesterday morning after he received a beating from three young men who are reportedly from the Lusignan/Good Hope communities.

The incident occurred near the Fantasy Nightclub on the Lusignan Public road, and persons in the area said the venue is known for violent encounters.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday afternoon, the dead man’s aunt, Binne Singh, told this newspaper that her nephew left home on Saturday evening at approximately 19:00 hours to drop some things at his father’s home.
She said that yesterday morning the same taxi driver who took the injured man to the hospital saw her husband and told him that the young man was at the hospital and that he was beaten up. That message was conveyed to her and, according to the woman, she along with her husband and another sister travelled to the hospital.
According to Singh, when she arrived, persons there called for the closest relative to the young man and she presented herself. However they did not tell her that he had died and when she left the Accident and Emergency room her husband was approached and given the dead man’s personal belongs which included his belt, $700 and a bag.
The woman said that in the Accident and Emergency Unit she also noticed a young man on a bed and thought it was her nephew since she was far off and could not properly recognise the man.
However, she was told later that the person on that bed was the one who killed her nephew and he was apprehended by persons at the nightclub. She said that a policeman who was guarding the young man indicated to her that her nephew had been stabbed and beaten to death.
This newspaper yesterday afternoon also spoke with a friend of the deceased who was with him at the Fantasy Nightclub along with two other friends.
The young man who identified himself as Akash, explained that after they left LBI on Saturday, one of the friends decided that they needed to take a few beers and they decided to go to Fantasy Nightclub.
Akash said that while they were in the club Budhan came to him and told him that he was going outside and would return. However, the man said that after a while he did not see his friend and went to check on him and when he got outside the club he observed that there was a fight.
He soon realised that it was his friend who was being beaten with a bottle and a wood by someone he recognised as a man known as ‘Tarzan’.
According to Akash, he held on to the assailant until someone with handcuffs came and took the man into custody. The man was later taken to the hospital with injuries, but no one seems to know how he was injured.
Akash said that he accompanied his friend to the hospital while the other two persons who helped to beat his friend were able to escape.
The police are continuing their investigations into the matter.