The father of the Corentyne woman who was found hanging on Monday afternoon is calling on the police in Berbice to conduct a thorough investigation.
Ashiana Sikandar, 21, of Number 71 Village, Corentyne, was cremated on Friday after she was found in the bedroom she shared with her husband of five years.
Her father, Victor Sikandar, 43, of Mon Repos, explained that on Monday morning he received a phone call from his daughter telling him that she and her younger child would be visiting him. “But like she mother-in-law was right there and then the mother-in-law take the phone and say na bother with she and me ask me daughter if any problem and she na talk.”
The man said that on Monday afternoon around 3.30 he was informed that his daughter had taken her own life, a message which left him in grief and confusion.
According to the father, he immediately ventured to the Corentyne where he then confirmed the information. “I tell them I want my daughter cut and them say yeah but then later on them call and say how me daughter been say if she dead she na want cut and so and how she can’t cut.”
Commander of Region Six, Jairam Ramlakhan has since confirmed to the Sunday Stabroek, that an autopsy was carried out on the woman on Tuesday. The results of the autopsy are that the young mother of two died from asphyxia and self-suspension.
It was only yesterday that the father became aware that an autopsy was done after speaking with the Sunday Stabroek.
“Well them lie to me them tell me how the girl na get cut but I think the police should investigate because I see some pictures of how my daughter hang up and she foot still on the bed so that ain’t look right to me”, the distraught man said.
He also detailed some of the trauma his daughter endured during her five years of marriage. He said, she was continuously ill-treated and sometimes when he visited he would even notice.
According to the man, he had often encouraged his daughter to leave the home. “Them always a get problem, every time”, he said, noting, that he is unsure if she ever filed a police report.
Additionally, he said that his daughter was never allowed to phone her relatives in private. “Them does always got to deh in front of her….”, he said.
The father said that he has still not come to terms with the prospect that his daughter may have taken her own life since despite her trials she never gave any indication of doing such especially considering she is the mother of two young children.
