A Rosignol man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with fatally stabbing his wife on Friday evening in the house they shared together with their three children.
Taijram Rahim, 33, a cane cutter, of Marcy Dam, Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice, yesterday appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Peter Hugh, where he was read the charge that on Friday evening he murdered his wife, Amrita Rahim, 28.
The accused was not required to enter a plea and was remanded to prison.
He will return to court on December 29.
A post-mortem exami-nation which was done on Monday confirmed that Rahim, who was stabbed once in the area of her left breast, died as result of a perforation of the heart due to the stab wound.
Rahim, also known as “Sally”, a housewife and the accused, lived together with their three children, ages 11, 10 and 7, at Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice.
Last Friday afternoon, the couple attended a celebration in the said yard at a relative’s house, where it was reported that they both had some alcoholic beverages.
After returning home on Friday evening, the couple began to argue after the suspect accused her of cheating on him. During the heated argument, the woman, who was laying on her bed, threatened that she would leave the home if the man continued with the accusations.
Stabroek News was told that the man while arguing, proceeded to the kitchen and armed himself with a knife and then went into the bedroom where he allegedly stabbed the mother of his children in the area of her left breast, after which he escaped.
The injured woman was rushed to the Fort Welling-ton Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Her husband later turned himself over at the Blair-mont Police Station.
