A Wakenaam pensioner took his own life minutes after he lit his common law wife on fire following a domestic dispute on Saturday afternoon.
The dead man has been identified as Rabindranauth Harinarine known as ‘Fineman’, 66, of Friendship Wakenaam, Essequibo River while his wife Sattie Looknauth, 43, is currently hospitalised at the Burn Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Regional Commander of Region Three, Simon Mc Bean last night told Stabroek News that the couple were in the upper flat of their home when an argument erupted. At around 5.05 pm, Harrinarine left and went downstairs and returned with a bottle filled with a substance suspected to be kerosene oil.
Harrinarine reportedly doused his wife with the substance and lit her afire with a lighter and immediately fled the scene.
The couple’s fifteen-year-old daughter who was at home at the time, responded to her mother’s cry for help and immediately sought assistance. After the fire was put out, the woman was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
The police were also summoned to scene and upon their arrival launched a search for Harrinarine. At around 5.20, Mc Bean said Harrinarine was found dead in a clump of bushes where he had hung himself.
The woman, Mc Bean said is in stable condition but suffered serious burns about her body.
