Fisherman chopped to death at Dundee

A tragic incident unfolded Saturday afternoon when fisherman Parmand Singh, 30, from Dundee Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, was brutally murdered by a known individual who has since been arrested.

His wife, Violet Bennett, 30, told the News Room on Sunday that she was made aware of the shocking news after receiving a call around 17:00 hrs, just hours after Singh left their home.

Determined to uncover the truth, Bennett rushed to the scene.

According to eyewitness accounts, Singh was at the Dundee Canal Bridge when Adesh Latchman approached him and requested a cigarette. Without warning, Latchman violently attacked Singh with a chopper, inflicting a fatal blow to the back of his neck.

Singh was immediately transported to the Mahaicony Public Hospital, but it was too late.

Bennett, in tears, demanded justice for her husband, asserting, “Me want justice for my husband because he na do he nothing. Watch he left he pickney them. He never want left he pickney.”

Singh’s mother, Sharmila Singh, expressed her deep anguish over her son’s death, stating, “he hard fuh loose a big boy pickney like that, it really hard.”

Singh leaves behind his wife, four children, and grieving family members who are determined to seek justice.