A CRABWOOD Creek farmer on Thursday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in relation to a series of death threats he issued to Leader of the Opposition and former President Bharrat Jagdeo and other Opposition parliamentarians.Tameshwar Beekham, 38, of 184 Crabwood Creek, Corentyne pleaded guilty to the charge, which alleged that during the month of May, he threatened, by way of writing on Facebook, to murder former presidents, Jagdeo, Donald Ramotar and PPP/C General Secretary Clement Rohee.

Beekham, had taken to his Facebook page and openly stated his intentions to target Freedom House and “murder” Jagdeo and the PPP/C.

Beekham turned himself in to the police on June 6, at the Springlands Police Station and was subsequently transferred to the Criminal Investigations Department in Georgetown. However, before turning himself in Beekham took to Facebook one last time and wrote, “But before I go I am saying it again, I will murder Baharat Jagdeo and the PPP/C, I Tameshwar Beekham and my team will murder Baharat Jagdeo and the PPP/C jail or free!”

The man, during police investigation, underwent psychiatric evaluation by Dr. Biro Harry and was deemed mentally fit to be charged. Begging to be forgiven, Beekham was fined $75,000; failure to pay will result in him spending the next six months in jail.

Beekham however is no stranger to the courts as he was jailed for seven years on charges of fraud. According to reports, he allegedly fraudulently obtained money from a number of persons while he was a Customs Officer employed with the Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad (BASS).
He even stated that he was wanted for three years. Beekham was convicted on August 26, 2005 until November 24, 2012.

His actions come on the heels of a recent incident where Police had detained 52-year-old Bibi Safoora-Salim, who allegedly posted racially-inciting social media comments about African Guyanese, and what appeared to be threats to President David Granger on her Facebook page.

The woman was charged in April and released on $200,000 bail by Chief Magistrate McLennan after she denied the allegation.