RESIDENTS of Success Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, are in a state of shock following the discovery of the lifeless bodies of a maternity nurse and her husband, who were allegedly electrocuted when they came into contact with an illegal connection.

Dead is 32-year-old Sorajanie Hansraj and her 39-year-old husband Prahalad Jagnarine. The gruesome discovery was made by the couple’s 11-year-old daughter Trishana.

According to the police, the couple died sometime between 19:00 hours on Sunday and 06:00 hours on Monday.

Enquiries disclosed that the couple resided with their daughter in an unpainted wooden structure on the northern side of the squatting area.

According to the daughter, on Sunday, at approximately 19:00 hors, her mother told her that she was going on the road to pick up her father. The child later retired to bed.

However, when she woke sometime around 06:00 hours the following day, her parents were not at home.

That prompted the child to make checks in the area. The police said that as the child was walking, she observed her parents lying motionless next to each other in an alleyway.

She immediately alerted neighbours, who came to her assistance. They later notified the police. On arrival at the scene, ranks examined the bodies and discovered burn marks on Jagnarine’s neck, chest, and right wrist. On examining Hansraj’s body, burn marks were observed on the left wrist and left side back.

A length of red and black wire was seen next to the two bodies. The wire was connected to an electrical post leading to their home, the police said.

The Guyana Power and Light and EMT were summoned to the scene. GPL disconnected the wire from the post, and the bodies were pronounced dead by a doctor.

The bodies were then escorted to the mortuary to await post-mortem examinations.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, visited the tragic scene on Monday.

Investigations are still ongoing.