A SUICIDE pact between two cousins on the Essequibo Coast who were said to be in love with each other ended tragically yesterday when the 13-year-old girl succumbed after ingesting a poisonous substance about two weeks ago.

The death of 13-year-old Nishanna Persaud of Bush Lot Village has sent shock waves across the Essequibo Coast. She died early yesterday morning at the Suddie Hospital.
Reports said that Nishanna, a student of Cotton Field Secondary, and her 15-year-old cousin, Shiv Persaud, fell deeply in love and decided to end their life in a tragic manner after their parents had sternly objected to their love affair.
The two young lovers reportedly decided on April 29th to end their life by suicide and went to a deserted area some five miles aback of their village and drank a poisonous substance.
The Guyana Chronicle understands that Shiv phoned his parents and told them that he and Nishanna had both consumed poison and were dying in the backdam. Reports said the parents of both children and other relatives rushed to the backdam and found the young lovers in a helpless condition on the ground. They were both rushed to the Suddie Hospital and admitted.
However Nishanna succumbed after fighting for her life for some two weeks in the hospital. However, her cousin Shiv, who also attends secondary school, escaped death and was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.
Written By Rajendra Prabhulall