POLICE are currently investigating the murder of a 45-year-old man, who was fatally stabbed by his younger brother at Shieldstown Village, West Bank Berbice, on Saturday.
Dead is Sarananand Bisnath, while his brother 44-year-old Khemlall Bisnath is currently in police custody.
The Guyana Chronicle was made to understand that Sarananand lived with his father while Khemlall resided at another location in the village.
According to reports, both siblings were imbibing at different locations.
Khemlall then went over to his sibling’s home where they got into an argument about a plot of land which belongs to their father.
During the ordeal, it is alleged that Khemlall armed himself with a knife and stabbed his brother in the vicinity of his heart and on his right arm.
The police was summoned and Khemlall was arrested. Sarananand was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police investigation is ongoing.