— eyewitnesses report
A THIRTY-FOUR-OLD mother of two was yesterday morning fatally stabbed, allegedly by her estranged paramour.
Savitri Arjune, of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, had left home, about 06:00 h, for work at a popular fast food outlet in the city. But, shortly after, a taxi driver, known to the family, arrived at their home and reported that the victim had been seriously wounded and was being conveyed to a hospital, said a sister, Jayshree Arjune.

When this newspaper visited the residence where Savitri lived with her mother, sisters, nieces, nephews and her two children, they were all still in shock over the unexpected death of their loved one.

The surviving sibling said eyewitnesses reported that the rejected lover disembarked a mini-bus he was driving, hid in a nearby Chinese restaurant, then attacked her sister as she approached the main road.

They said she suffered stabs to the stomach, one side and in the region of the heart before her assailant went back into his vehicle and drove away from the scene.

Police were called and took the wounded woman to seek medical treatment minutes after but she succumbed.

Her sister said the suspect and the victim had been in a relationship for a few years but, although it ended last December, the man would constantly harass her.

The couple always had problems and he previously threatened to kill her, Jayshree said.

According to her, the man, who lives a few houses away from them but is not the father of the dead woman’s two children, used to abuse her sister whenever he drank alcohol and throw her clothes on the road.

Jayshree said her sister had decided to permanently move back to her family and they never believed the spurned man would carry out his threat.

However, since the deadly stabbing, the man has been calling the house and cellular phones of family members, threatening to burn their house and some armed themselves with pieces of wood, for fear of the man returning.

The mother of the deceased was inconsolable and her children, a boy and a girl, 11 and 14 years old, respectively, appeared dazed.

Meanwhile, the Police in a statement on the incident yesterday, said its investigations “revealed that Sabita Arjune was reportedly on her way to work when she was confronted by a man with whom she shared a relationship.”

“The man is alleged to have stabbed her to her chest and escaped in a mini-bus which was later found abandoned in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge,” the Police said.
Police said the suspect has not been arrested as yet.