Parika wife-killer escapes police

Alleged Parika wife-killer, Ganesh Dhanraj, narrowly eluded police Thursday at Roden Rust, East Bank Essequibo, but G Division Commander Leslie James is optimistic that he will be caught. Police ranks went to the area after receiving information that the 30-year-old Dhanraj was hiding out there. However, just as the ranks were closing in, the suspect escaped by plunging into the Essequibo River. He was seen returning to land. “We are still on his tracks. We would like to get him because someone lost their life and justice must be served,” Commander James said. Dhanraj allegedly strangled Dhanwattie Ram, the mother of his three children, with a bed sheet at their Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo home at around 07:00 hrs on Wednesday. The 29-old housewife was on her way to the Parika Police Station to make a police report against her reputed husband when he dragged her into their home and strangled her during an argument. Ram’s body was discovered in a sitting position on a chair in the living room of her one-bedroom home with a mat thrown over her. The victim’s sister, Latchmie Jailall made the gruesome discovery shortly after the alleged killer was seen fleeing towards the backdam. The police said that investigations have so far revealed that the victim, after encountering repeated domestic abuse, moved from the suspect’s home four days ago with two of her children and went to her sister’s home which is located a short distance away. But Dhanraj reportedly went to the sibling’s home on Tuesday and demanded that his reputed wife return home. An altercation reportedly broke out between the couple when she refused to. Dhanraj then left on Wednesday, the victim was on her way to the Parika Police Station to lodge a complaint, when he intercepted her and dragged her to their home. Her lifeless body was later found in the house.

(Kaieteurnews.com)