No charges laid yet in Line Path murder

Feb 08, 2010 News

LINE PATH, CORENTYNE – No charges have yet been laid in the Line Path, Corentyne homicide after the body of 43-year old Nalini Bhoge was found in her Lot 19 Line Path home.

Nalini Bhoge

The mother of three was discovered with her neck almost severed and a chop to the back of her head. At the time of her demise, she was said to be alone at home. On the day of the incident, police in Berbice had recovered a cutlass and an ice pick which were suspected to be the weapons used in the woman’s murder.

According to a police source, at least 10 persons were detained over a one-week period, including the dead woman’s husband, Boodh Bhoge, called ‘Minku’, a sugar cane farmer. They were grilled and released, thus providing detectives with something to work with.

So far the investigations revealed that when the husband left their home on that fateful day to accompany his two younger children, 10-year old Khishana Bhoge and seven-year old Pravena Bhoge to the Skeldon Primary School, his wife was cooking. Their eldest child, 12-year old Bharti Bhoge was still at home and left shortly afterwards.

When he returned home, he was of the view that his wife was in their daughter’s bedroom. The door for that room was said to be pushed in but not closed and he could not see inside. He then made his way to the verandah and after a few moments he went to get his spectacles.

At that point, he observed a few things which appeared to be unusual in the master bedroom. He decided to push the door and saw a drawer ransacked. At this point he apparently began calling for his wife and it was then the horrific discovery was made.