Sattie Bekharry, the businesswoman who was murdered in her Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara home earlier this month, was laid to rest in Canada yesterday.
A virtual funeral service was held from 7.30 am to 9.45 am at the Lotus Funeral and Cremation centre in Toronto, Canada.
All four of Beekharry’s children reside in Canada, where her body was flown for her final rites since all her children were unable to travel to here due to the restrictions in place for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Beekharry was found dead at her Lot 152-154 Begonia Drive, Atlantic Gardens, house on the afternoon of June 1st. An autopsy showed that she died as a result of a brain haemorrhage due to multiple trauma to her head. Beekharry also suffered multiple rib fractures.
Rafeek Khan, a 35-year-old driver, has since been charged and remanded to prison for the crime.
A handyman who works with one of Beekharry’s neighbours had told this newspaper that he was performing his duties in the yard when he heard Beekharry shouting “Murder! Help!”
The police were summoned to the scene. After they arrived they observed an individual, later confirmed to be Khan, peeping through a window. The police requested entry but he did not open.
As a result, they broke the door and went into the house. Beekharry’s body was discovered on the floor of the kitchen, which is situated in the lower flat of the house.
Khan, who initially ventured into the ceiling of the house to evade the police, was subsequently arrested after the law enforcers used teargas to get him out of his hiding place.
While Beekharry’s relatives are still puzzled as to what might have been the motive and the relationship, if any, between her and the suspect, this newspaper was informed by a police source that Khan allegedly told investigators that he killed Beekharry over some money which she owned him.
Beekharry resided in Canada but would often travel here. She returned to Guyana and was unable to travel back due to the restrictions implemented as a result of COVID-19.
