Latest update April 17th, 2025 9:50 AM
Babita Sarjou case…DNA samples from remains, relative for T&T lab today
The Guyana Police Force hopes to confirm soon that the skeletal remains that were dug up from a Campbellville backyard last month are those of Babita Sarjou, who vanished six years ago.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said DNA samples from the remains, and from a relative of Sarjou’s, are being sent to the Trinidad and Tobago Forensic Laboratory today.
Asked when the results are likely to be known, Blanhum said that he has communicated to the Director of the laboratory the urgency in having the tests expedited.
The skeletal remains, believed to be Sarjou’s, were found on May 22 in a shallow grave behind the Lot 51 Seaforth Street, Campbellville residence of Sarjou’s estranged husband, Sharadananda Narine.
Sarjou’s relatives subsequently identified clothing and a pair of shoes that were found with the remains.
Sharadananda Narine, and Darel Keith Ponton called ‘Yankee’, were subsequently charged with murder.
Sarjou, 28, left home on November 4, 2010, after telling her mother, Champa Seonarine, that she would be meeting with her estranged husband and four-year-old son at the Kitty Seawall to view the annual Diwali Motorcade. She was expected back at her mother’s Timehri residence around 21:00 hrs that night, but never returned.
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