THE Ministry of Home Affairs said, yesterday, that it is disappointed with the lack of progress in the investigation of the homicide of ex-bank employee, Sheema Mangar, on September 11, 2010.

The woman was run over by a motor car in Georgetown when she confronted the thief who snatched her Blackberry cellular phone.
A statement said the Ministry is of the view that, by now, more progress should have been made in the matter and added that the crime would, ultimately, be solved by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as has been done with so many other serious crimes.
The Ministry recalled that it, recently, reconfirmed that two submissions were made to the Barbados Forensic Laboratory, on November 5, 2010 and August 30, 2011, respectively. A report on the first submission was received in August 2011 when a GPF representative travelled to Barbados to make the second.
The statement said, only recently, it was revealed that the Barbados Forensic Laboratory recommenced operations in late 2011, having been closed for repairs since 2009, notwithstanding which it continued to accept submissions.

In touch
The Ministry said that, apart from the efforts of the GPF, it is now in touch with the Head of the Barbados Laboratory, with a request that a report on the second submission be expedited.
The Ministry said it would maintain a close interest, since it shares the sentiments of the grieving parents and relatives and wishes to see the matter brought to closure to the satisfaction of the Mangar family.
Mangar, 21, was at North Road and Camp Street, awaiting transportation, when her cell phone was grabbed. She gave chase after the robber who entered a motor car that drove off and she placed herself in front of the vehicle in an effort to stop the thief, but it ran over and dragged her several feet before speeding away.
Public-spirited citizens rushed her to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), from where she was transferred to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and died there the next day.
Initially, two suspects were arrested but released later. However, investigators took parts of the retrieved fabric she was wearing from under the getaway car for scientific examination.