NARINE Permauloo, the man who ingested a poisonous substance moments after chopping his ex-wife and her new partner on Sunday evening, has died.Permauloo, called “Dread,” died on Monday afternoon at the New Amsterdam Hospital less than 24 hours after ingesting the toxic substance.
His death has now plunged his family into double mourning, having lost their 79-year-old mother on Sunday morning to illness.
Around 20:30hrs on Sunday, Permauloo was at his Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne home, where he and his ex-wife, 35-year-old Zabeda Permauloo, called “Nesha,” were having a few drinks.

The two were not alone, as Zabeda’s new partner, 31-year-old Mahendra Kristendatt, called “Bruk-Up,” was also drinking with them.

According to Zabeda, her ‘ex’ suddenly got up, went inside and returned with a cutlass and started to chop Kristendatt about the head and back.
He valiantly tried blocking the chops with his hand, she said, but the wounds were so severe, he eventually lost consciousness.
That’s when Permauloo decided to turn the blade on her, Zabeda said, amidst tears, chopping her in the head, which caused her to fall to the ground.
Zabeda said that as Permauloo rained chops on her and Kristendatt, he kept shouting: “Who come interfere gon get chop up too.”

SATISFIED HIS MIND
Then, having satisfied his mind, he put the one-litre bottle of weedicide to his head and drank about three-quarters of the liquid in a bid to end his life.
All the while, the couple’s 19-year-old daughter, Kastury, was at home upstairs, hearing everything that transpired, but was too afraid to intervene.
“I was upstairs, and I heard mommy screaming,” Kastury said. “And when I come down, I see she on the ground with a chop to she head and bleeding; she was crying out. And then I see daddy drink the poison and throw down the cutlass in the bush.”
The injured trio was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital, but Permauloo and Kristendatt were subsequently transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Zabeeda told this publication that Permauloo had a history of being abusive whenever he drinks; and that is the reason she had left him approximately two months ago after 17 years and three children together.
“He uses to beat me up and threaten meh, especially when he drink,” she said, “so meh decide fuh lef am fuh “Bruk-Up.”
She further related that Permauloo had a history of suicidal behaviour, having made several attempts on his life in the 17 years they’d been together.
She said he had three wives before her, one of whom he drove to committing suicide. He had also fathered three other children.

TOOK IT HARD
A relative of his, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said since Zabeda left him, Permauloo was not himself as he took her leaving hard. As a matter of fact, the entire family suffered, due to the embarrassment it had caused them.
“Since she lef’, everybody get shame; two ah de chil’ren try fuh kill dem-self wid poison, plus he try fuh kill he self plenty time… He even try fuh bun down de house,” the relative said.
The relative said he believes Permauloo’s actions were pre-meditated, since he wrote on a Facebook post that was shared on Sunday morning following the death of his mother: “Me too is going to be ready to go with my mom.”
Permauloo, a carpenter and farmer, was had been discharged from the hospital only on Friday last, after overdosing on tablets in a failed suicide attempt. He leaves to mourn his six children and siblings.
Meanwhile, Kristendatt remains hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Hospital, where his condition is listed as stable.
Zabeda was discharged from the Port Mourant Hospital on Monday afternoon, and is said to be recovering.