A Canal No.1 Polder woman was murdered last night by a man who invaded her home and police have since launch a hunt for the suspect who is known to the community.
The dead woman has been identified as Laila Ramnauth, 58, of Canal No.1, West Bank Demerara. Up to press time police were at the scene. The murder occurred at approximately 8.48 pm yesterday.
A relative, who asked to remain anonymous, last night told Stabroek News that neigbours rushed to the woman’s house after hearing loud screams.
“All the people who had come out, the men kick down the door and saw the individual (suspect) in the house, he was inside her room on a ledge close to the roof and they call him to come down but he didn’t so they pushed him down…” the relative who was present on the scene related to this newspaper.
She added that after the suspect fell, he and the men who had entered the house scuffled during which one of the men was chopped. As the scuffle continued, the suspect managed to shatter the light and escaped.
“The men run out the house and surround the downstairs, they were pelting him and trying to get him down but the outside light burst and the place gone in darkness and the boy (suspect) managed to jump over the neighbour yard and onto the conservancy dam and got away. The men run behind and the police as soon as they reach went behind him too but he got away,” the relative said.
While the men were chasing behind the suspect, neighbours went into the house and made the gruesome discovery. Ramnauth was found below her bed with stab wounds about her body and was lying in a pool of blood. A knife, which is suspected to be the murder weapon was found next to the woman.
