A MAN is dead and his cousin in police custody following a fight on Tuesday evening at Unity Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.
Dead is 35-year-old Arvin Dipchand also known as ‘Krishna’, who resides at Hope Low lands, East Coast Demerara. On Wednesday morning, his aunt told the Guyana Chronicle that it was her 27-year-old son who murdered Dipchand, after a fight ensued between the two just a few streets away from where she lives. The suspect has been arrested and is in police custody.
Based on what was related, Dipchand had earlier in the evening seen his ex-wife and her husband in another part of the village and he drove his vehicle and blocked the path of the two. He then exited and began verbally abusing the spouse of his ex-wife. It took the intervention of a number of motorists to defuse the situation after they cautioned Dipchand about the manner in which he parked the vehicle which was also preventing the free flow of traffic.

During the ordeal, the ex-wife had reportedly called her brother to come at the location but before he could have arrived, the situation was somewhat different as Dipchand removed his car. The woman and her spouse then drove home and within seconds, Dipchand drove up and began behaving disorderly on the street and at the same time, the brother of his ex-wife showed up. Dipchand’s cousin also showed up and a fight ensued between the two – Dipchand and his cousin.

The Guyana Chronicle was told that it was during that fight, Dipchand was lashed to the head by his cousin with a piece of wood. After receiving the hit he returned to his car and the cousin armed himself with a hammer and pelted it in the direction of Dipchand’s car. In an effort to avoid the hammer, Dipchand swerved the vehicle and ended up in a ditch. From the ordeal he was knocked unconscious. Dipchand was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Following the incident, police detained the cousin who also had marks of violence from the fight he and Dipchand had. The matter remains under investigation.