A MIXED jury at the murder retrial of Parsram Lalchand called Desmond was told Thursday that the accused was one of six men who killed Viranjan of Lusignan in 2008.Justice Franklyn Holder is presiding over the proceedings at which Defence Counsel Huckumchand heard from a Prosecution witness that, following a row over a bicycle, the victim was chased and beaten with wood and a cutlass.
The injured man was taken to the Georgetown Hospital where he died and, as a consequence of Police investigations, the six persons, including the accused Lalchand, were charged with the capital offence.
State Prosecutor Dhanika Singh is appearing opposite Huckumchand and she is expecting to call 10 witnesses.
One of them, Detective Inspector Chabinauth Singh told the Court on Thursday that he was at Vigilance Police Station on June 30, 2008, from where he contacted the accused Lalchand.
The witness said he told the latter it was alleged that, on July 27, 2008, he, along with others, at Anandale, East Coast Demerara, inflicted injuries on Viranjan who was hospitalised and died the following day.
The Inspector said Raymond Gangadin told him that he took Viranjan and three others to Solex’s house to find out about a bicycle when Vishal and Solex chased the man and beat him with a piece of wood.
The witness said he arrested the accused and asked him whether he wanted what he told him to be put in a statement and he said no.
The case is continuing.