(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The police are still investigating the brutal murder of 28-year-old Charlene Mertowirijo by her former partner Rishi G. (37). In the meantime the suspect has been taken to the Nieuwe Haven lock up.
Several eyewitnesses were heard yesterday. There was great consternation among colleagues at Nils, where the deceased has worked for the past three years, while several eye witnesses are still in shock over the criminal act in broad daylight. Several people now say there are two sides to the story, but one thing is certain: Charlene and Rishi had a turbulent affair. Recently the young woman had lodged a complaint against Rishi to the police in Kwatta. The man had threatened the woman with a gun, which he would later use to kill her. “The police didn’t do anything, not even confiscate the weapon, no matter it was legal“ say unnamed sources.
Rishi and Charlene started an affair four years ago, although Rishi had been married for 17 years already back then. When his marriage stranded he started the divorce procedure, which he never completed. Three weeks ago he returned to his former wife, when Charlene had sold the house he had bought for them to live in.
