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Corentyne pensioner found dead in house
– Murder suspected
The bound and gagged body of 70-year-old pensioner, Jasmatty Puran, was found around 11:00 hrs yesterday in her Guava Bush, Albion, Corentyne home.
Police said that the gruesome discovery was made by the woman’s great nephew, Jagdeo Ganesh, who is currently assisting with investigations.
Puran, known as ‘Mai’, had lived alone for more than 50 years after the death of her mother.
According to Puran’s sister, Deowatty Ramphal, 64, of Sand Reef Albion, she and her sister returned from the United States three days before Christmas but ‘Mai’ preferred to be by herself so they would normally telephone her to find out how she was doing.
Dead: 70-year-old Jasmatty Puran
However, after their routine call went unanswered early yesterday morning the woman said she sent Ganesh, called ‘Tony’, to check on the woman.
Ganesh told relatives that when he arrived at ‘Mai’s’ home he noticed the gate and the door were open and he went into the yard calling out for her but he got no answer.
According to Ganesh, as he was leaving the kitchen he noticed her feet protruding from an area near the fireside. He went closer and saw Puran lying on the ground with her face covered with a piece of cloth and her hands bound. The woman’s body also bore bruises. An alarm was raised and other relatives raced to the scene.
The woman’s dentures were a little distance away from her body and the roti mixture was still in a bowl on the fire side. A kerosene lamp was still lit.
Relatives told this publication that the police arrived some 20 minutes later and they confirmed that Puran’s home was ransacked. However relatives could not say what was missing from the home.
Puran spent most of her life working as a weeder at Guysuco Albion Estate until she became a pensioner. She also spent her life raising nieces and nephews since she has no children of her own.
This publication was told that another man who worked as a caretaker for Puran’s home has been taken into police custody.
The fireside where the woman was using shortly before she was attacked
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