Suspect drank poison, turned knife on himself
A 27-year-old mother of one was knifed to death by her reputed husband yesterday afternoon.

Vishnudat Tajeram.and Omawattie Kallicharran,

Up to press time, the suspect was still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Dead is Omawattie Kallicharran, called Reshma, of 31 La Jalousie Estate, West Coast Demerara.

The woman’s mother, Parbattie, told the Guyana Chronicle that her daughter left home about 11hrs. to collect her passport from the Passport Office in the city.

“The next thing I know, her reputed husband telephoned and told my son that they are in Canal Number Two Polder, and he killed my daughter,” she cried.

The 55-year-old woman added that her daughter was expected at the Passport Office but never got there. It is believed that she was forced into a taxi and taken away to Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara.

The grieving mother said that her child was killed in the most brutal manner at the home of her reputed husband’s sister.

The woman said that the relationship soured shortly after they got together. Her daughter was abused often and many times she came back home.

Kallicharran sustained a slashed throat and numerous stab wounds to her body and was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH).

The suspect, Vishnudat Tajeram, 35, of 154 New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, also on the West Coast Demerara, had drunk poison and stabbed himself in the neck after assaulting his wife, and is in a critical condition at the hospital.

He is attached to a bakery as a salesman/driver and did not show up for work yesterday.

The couple has a four-year-old son and separated about a year and a half ago.

Distressed relatives yesterday told this newspaper that Tajeram left home for work and seemed upset.

“He is a quiet person who did not discuss his problems with us and we do not know why he did that to his wife,” relatives explained.

They too were shocked when they received the news of Kallicharan’s death.

Police said that they have launched an investigation into the murder which occurred at about 13:00h yesterday at South Section, Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara.
Police said three knives, one of which was blood-stained, were found at the murder scene.