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Mother, daughters homeless after man torches C’tyne home
By Leon Suseran
A number 59 Village, Corentyne mother of two was dealt an unimaginable blow last Tuesday when her husband went into a drunken rage and torched the family’s home. He then fled the scene and has been missing since.
The housewife and her two daughters standing on what’s left of their home.
Sumintra Samwaroo, 32, said that her husband, Deodat Heera, 32, a joiner, left as usual for work on Tuesday morning. He returned home in the afternoon, “drunk and I did not go home—I went at my mother’s house in front, because every time he drunk and he comes home, he fights…he beats us, and we are afraid.”
Upon returning home, Heera did not see Samwaroo or the children at home that afternoon, since they were fearful and hiding. She related that Heera is also an abusive husband, an alcoholic, “and me try talking to him nuff times and he ain’t hearing, and every time he drinks and come home he makes fight for no reason—he leave and go to work nice— me and he are very nice but if I call he, he turns off his phone—and when he does come home, he is drunk, and he creates a scene from the road, just like that, that is why I am afraid to stay.”
After making his entry into the yard, Heera then enquired from his father-in-law, Hemnarine Samwaroo, about his wife’s whereabouts, “and my father said I was not around.” “Then he said, ‘ya’ll gon see fire just now’”.
Samwaroo stated that it was quiet for about ten minutes after since they heard nothing from Heera.
“We thought he was sleeping….but then we did see fire!”
The entire one-flat concrete house was engulfed in flames around 20:00 hrs.
“The whole house burn down—nothing ain’t left—nothing ain’t save—just the gas stove you see in front there.”
Fire tenders rushed to the area, but it was too late, as the conflagration was raging.
“When the fire people come, everything done gone down, but they tried with the water to save the front house.”
As a result of the deed, she and her two daughters, Mala Devi, 14, and Marrisa Heera, 7, are now left homeless. The older girl is a student at Tagore Memorial Secondary, while the younger daughter is a student of the Number 59 Primary. They are currently lodging at their grandmother’s house located in the front portion of the Lot 101 burnt-out lot.
“Neighbours give us clothes…we ain’t left with nothing.”
The woman said they also lost three televisions, three beds, wardrobes, a circle suite, gas stove, washing machine, refrigerator, microwave, stereo set, and $10,000 in cash.
“We came out with our nightgowns—and that was it—people helped us with clothes.”
Heera has since gone into hiding, “from the time he light the fire, he ran out and we ain’t see him back, but the police came and so, and they said they will look for him.” Heera’s parents live at Number 72 Village, Corentyne, but they too are unaware about their son’s whereabouts.
The woman noted that she made several reports at the Number 51 Police Station about the abusive relationship, which they shared for the past nine years. Heera was locked up on several occasions and even warned. Police visited the home, she added, on numerous occasions.
“He does beat me nuff time.”
Samwaroo is therefore making an appeal to persons for assistance, “if they can help—and we are glad if the public can see and help us get back a little shelter—I have my two children.”
Persons interested in assisting the mother of two in any way can contact 338-1137 or 628-3425.
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