Fisherman charged with murdering Lusignan carpenter

Karamchan Mukunauth, a 39-year-old fisherman of Latchman Singh Housing Scheme at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Thursday charged with the murder of 28-year-old carpenter Abdool Javid Razack.

Police Headquarters reported that Mukunauth was arraigned before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at Vigilance Magistrate Court. He was not required to plead to the indictable charge and was remanded to prison until May 25.

According to reports, Razack, also of Lusignan, was stabbed to death by Mukunauth during a confrontation. Mukutnauth fled the scene and was subsequently arrested.

Sources told the News Room that the suspect told detectives that Razack slapped him, and in retaliation, he inflicted the deadly wound. Police recovered the suspected murder weapon, a kitchen knife, at the scene.