Latest update September 3rd, 2026 10:25 AM
Women murder accused further remanded
Two women, including the wife of US-based Guyanese Abdool Shakeel Majid, who are charged with his murder have been further remanded to jail.
Hemwattie Abdulla
The women Hemwattie Abdulla, 37, called “Anita Nazeema Khan”, formerly of Albion, Corentyne and Canje and of Ozone Park New York, USA; and Surojinie Tirmaul, 43, of Belvedere New Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Berbice on Friday reappeared before Magistrate Krisendat Persaud, at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.
They were not required to plead and were further remanded to prison until June 29.
The women are being represented by Attorney at Law Mursaleine Bacchus. They were charged for the murder of Abdool Shakeel Majid.
Police were able to crack the case after the man’s wife returned to the United States after the man was reported missing. The woman returned to Guyana from the United States and reported to the New Amsterdam Police Station to identify her slain husband’s body. She was promptly arrested.
On April 28, the body of a man was found with his scalp missing and other injuries at the Number 56 Village, Corentyne foreshore around 07.40 hrs.
Bloodstains and sand were found in the car trunk that the couple had rented. Detectives had also retrieved the woman’s driver’s permit from the car.
Surojinie Tirmaul
The remains were only identified on May 16 last, when a brother visited Guyana after becoming suspicious about the wife’s behaviour.
He subsequently travelled to New Amsterdam, Berbice and positively identified his brother’s body at the mortuary.
Meanwhile, detectives were alerted that a car that the victim usually rented while in Guyana had been used to transport the body.
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