SIXTY-THREE-year-old Ramroop Rameshwar, a pensioner of Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), was on Monday night robbed and killed at his home. He had worked as a cleaner at the Hydronie market, EBE.His screams of “Murder!” and “Help!” went unanswered by neighbours, who chose to call the Parika Police Station. However, the police also did not respond until the following morning.

The father of one, who had lived alone for decades, was discovered gagged and bound at the entrance of his home. Residents in the area said he had recently been seen with lots of gold jewellery at the Parika market, where he had been seeking to sell the items. It is believed that this may have been the motive behind the robbery/murder.

This shack in which Ramroop Rameshwar was killed in at the Parika seashore

His son, Annand Rameshwar, said a neighbour called him at 06:30 a.m. on Tuesday and told him that she had heard the screams of his father. “She said he was hollering for ‘murder!’ and ‘help!’ but when she peep outside she didn’t see anything,” the son said.

This son explained that his father had had a collection of gold jewellery that amounted to almost $3M.

One woman said the dead man had borrowed $3,000 from someone, and was seeking to repay the debt, which had probably prompted him to sell his jewellery.

After separating from his wife in 1975, he never remarried, and had only his son, who later moved on with his life.

“Someone must have targeted him after they heard he was selling so much gold,” one man said.
Another resident in the area disclosed that a call was made to the Parika Police Station and a report was made. However, the police visited the scene the following day, when the body was discovered at the door.

“I know something was wrong when I see the top half of the door open so early in the morning… Then when we check, we realise what really happen… He was found with his mouth gagged, hands tied behind his back, and feet bound… Is like he wiggled and crawled his way to the door before he dead,” a concerned resident explained.

Rameshwar’s house is 20 minutes’ walking distance through a maze of shacks built on the Parika sea shore. The police have cordoned off the man’s home and intend to process the crime scene with the intention of solving the case.

The body is at the Ezekiel Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem.