–tells investigators he had affair with victim’s wife

ERROL Khan, for whom the police had issued a wanted bulletin in May of this year, was captured by the police on Friday night after being on the run for four months.

Khan has been accused of the murder of Haslington fisherman, Chetram Bharrat by chopping him to death and seriously injuring his reputed wife, Lomattie Ramdat.
The Guyana Chronicle on Friday evening learnt that based on intelligence, the police on the East Coast of Demerara were able to catch up with Khan who was promptly arrested.
The allegations were put to the man about his murder of Bharrat and the attempted murder of his wife, to which the man confessed.
He reportedly told investigators that he and the dead man’s wife were having an affair and then things went sour between the two. This newspaper was also informed that the man detailed to the police why he saw the need to murder the man.
His intention on the night he invaded the home of the couple was to kill both of them, but was unsuccessful since after inflicting two chops on the woman, she fainted and he thought that she had died. Her husband however received the worst of the chops, which saw him perishing right in their bed.
Shortly after the murder as police took statements from the injured woman and from persons in the area, they issued a wanted bulletin for Errol Khan who residents said was the woman’s “sweet man”.
The police were never able to place their hands on Khan until Friday night. They were up to yesterday processing the man and getting his file ready to be sent to the director of public prosecutions tomorrow for advice. It is not clear if the murder weapon was recovered by investigators.
On May 2, Ramdat had indicated that two men entered their home and demanded cash and jewellery and began chopping them. She said that during the robbery the men also fled with $500,000, something neighbours were not too keen on believing given the frequency of the woman’s next lover who would show up when the deceased was out at sea.
From all indications, the accused wanted a permanent relationship with the woman and was not comfortable with her and her reputed husband. His rage and attack on the couple were later cited as jealousy. He is expected to be charged with murder and will appear in court early this week to answer that charge.

(By Leroy Smith)