AT just the age of 17, Ravin Mohanram was forced into the world of work to provide for his mother, after his father was brutally beaten to death and his body dumped inside the compound of a popular night club on the West Coast of Demerara over a year ago.

The body of 39-year-old Bharat Mohanram of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo was discovered on the morning of November 23, 2015 at the Caribbean Temptation Night Club located at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara. A post-mortem examination revealed that he died from blunt force trauma to the head.

According to his only child, Ravin, several persons were arrested in connection with the murder, but they were released, and charges were never placed against them. Ravin, now 18, also noted that the night club was ordered to close its doors to the public so as to facilitate the investigations. According to the young man, his father’s cell phone and silver ring were also stolen.

Mohanram’s mother, Edris Rahman, told the Guyana Chronicle in an interview that the owner of the popular night spot visited her home at 7:00hrs on the dreadful day and took her to the scene, where she found her son unconscious.

She said his body was thrown into a police jeep and rushed to the Leonora Diagnostic Centre, from where he was subsequently transferred to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH). By 16:00h that day Mohanram, who was a mason, had died.

According to Rahman, the owner of the night club and his son have given varying versions of what transpired with her son at the nightclub. “When we asked the owner’s son what happened, he said my son fell down and he lifted him and put him at the side. But tell me something: If somebody fell down, and he bleed through his nose, his mouth, his ears, what do you do? Will you throw water on him? You take him to the hospital!” Rahman reasoned.

The grieving mother believes that someone had killed her son, and is calling on Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum to reopen the investigation.

“People don’t want to talk what happen, but I think somebody lash him in his head and he fell down. Because we are poor we are being taken advantage of,” the woman said. The owner of the club, his son, a female bartender and the security guard were initially in police custody, but were released on $20,000 bail; and according to Rahman, the police have told her that the file is at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). However, to date, there has been no further update on the investigation.