A post-mortem performed on the body of 25-year-old Suresh Nandkishore, also called ‘Ravo’, who was killed during a land dispute at Handsome Tree, Mahaica Creek on Tuesday, revealed that he died of injuries to the brain accompanied by massive haemorrhaging.His body will be cremated on Sunday at the Good Hope cremation site at about noon.

Suresh, a Chartered Accountant; his brother, Davo, 26; and their father, 52-year-old Bhopaul Nandkishsore, called Jai, came under a vicious lumber and cutlass attack in the Mahaica backdam just after noon on Tuesday, as they were fencing a plot of land inherited by Bhopaul from his grandfather. The other parties to the dispute are their neighbour known only as Tony, and his two sons, who live next door.

The matter had been ventilated in the courts, and the ruling had been in Bhopaul Nandkishore’s favour, sparking outrage from the neighbours, who thereafter had repeatedly threatened to ‘wipe out’ the Nandkishores.

Relatives of the bereaved and beleaguered family claim they had made several reports concerning the threat to the Mahaica Police Station.
While the fencing work was in progress, the suspects pounced on them in a confrontation that preceded a brutal attack with the fencing posts and a sharpened cutlass.

Horror
Suresh was killed on the spot, while his brother Davo was bludgeoned to the head and beaten about the body with a post. He suffered chops to his head; injuries to his face and shoulders, and several of his fingers were almost severed. His cuts are said to have required 68 stitches for closure.

When he could no longer take the beating, Davo slumped to the ground, pretending to be dead, and the attackers turned their attention to the elder Nandkishore (Jai).

Brain mass
The men allegedly beat Jai mercilessly and banged his head with a post until he jumped into a trench to escape the most painful ordeal. Believing all three men to be dead, the attackers left the scene, and Davo immediately jumped into the trench to retrieve his father, whom he took home with the sad news that their brother had been killed and he and his father mercilessly attacked. The two were taken to hospital, and Jai remains warded at the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital under close medical watch.

For the first 48 hours following his attack, Jai remained unconscious, but yesterday, though not speaking, he began responding to the environment around him. Relatives claim he had suffered brain damage, and that a huge mass had accumulated in his head.

The three suspects olice custody and are assisting phave been taken into police with their investigations.