AN East Coast Demerara businessman, who operates a very popular supermarket at Agriculture Road, yesterday morning, ended his life by ingesting a poisonous substance. The business is registered to Rahim and Seeta, the husband and wife and is called the Rahim and Seeta grocery.This newspaper was informed that the man and his wife Seeta would usually have domestic issues and yesterday morning he and the woman had an argument and she left the house, shortly after the employees of the supermarket arrived for work.
The business was opened as usual but then the man told them to close up the supermarket since they would not be doing any business for the day as he sent everyone home. He also instructed his key person to take the two children with her to her home.
The young lady did not see the request as a strange one since the man would usually allow her to take the children with her. However, while the woman was close to her home on the lower East Coast the man called her to say that he drank poison.
The woman immediately informed the police station in the area where the man lives and operates the supermarket and police went over to the home/business place.
When the police arrived they found the place locked up and they got no answer. Another relative of the man was informed of the development and arrived at the scene.
The police instructed him to mount himself on a section of the building to see if the man was inside and when the young man peered into the house he saw his uncle frothing from the mouth while in his room on the floor.
He immediately raised an alarm and attempts were made to break into the building but that took a while since the place is heavily grilled. The door was eventually broken down and the man taken from the house.
When he was taken from the house he was still alive and was immediately rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Family members, workers, and residents of the area have expressed shock at the man’s actions but did admit that his wife was a very jealous person and someone who was never willing to see her husband make friends. One person who is a mutual friend of the man recalled several occasions where the woman would use harsh words at the man just for being in the company of other females.
In the past the business place was attacked by armed bandits on numerous occasions and on the last two occasions the businessman was pondering if he should close his establishment. However, the business was never closed due to those incidents.

(By Leroy Smith )