A 12-year-old girl of Rosignol, West Berbice was found hanging in her bedroom around 2 pm on Thursday and relatives are still trying to figure out what may have caused the tragedy.
- Sharmilla Muneshwar
Sharmilla Muneshwar, a first form student of the Rosignol Primary School Secondary department used a shawl to take her own life. Her mother, Rajkumarie called `Babsie’ said her daughter had no problems with anyone, while a sister told this newspaper “the girl went good, good whole day.”
Muneshwar told her mother she was going to “pack up the bedroom.” After a while the mother sent another daughter to call her to help with other chores.
There was no response and when the sister tried to open the door she found that it was locked. She then decided to climb and look over into the bedroom and saw a shawl belonging to Muneshwar tied over the beam.
Upon closer inspection the sister saw that the girl’s neck was wrapped in the shawl and she raised an alarm. Rajkumarie said she immediately contacted the Blairmont Police Station and when the officers opened the door the girl was on her knees and she appeared to be dead.
Muneshwar, the third of four siblings had not attended school for a few days because of school sports.
Rajkumarie fondly recalls that her daughter loved to dance. She said the girl would take the very shawl that she used to hang herself to dance and entertain them in the home.
A lively young girl who would “dance and entertain them in the home” surely would not commit suicide without a reason.
A thorough post mortem examination needs to be done on this child!!!! Don’t be surpised what that examination would reveal.
i really want to know what is going on that this young student had to take her life, as the family said she had no problem, then why did she kill herself?
Sad to hear about this.
There is moe in de mata beside de pisle. What this 12 year old know about problems to commit suicide? This is sooooo sad.
She surely had a problem, her closest friends/classmates must know.
My sympathy to the family. Everyday we are sharing sympathies with another Guyanese family. I wonder what kinds of pressure would lead such a young individual to take their own life. I guess life in Guyana, though it has “improved” under our current dictatorship, still has a serious effect on the minds of our youth.
I don’t think it has anything to do with politics, unless is a politician …..
The problem is like the elephant in the room nobody wants to mention.
MY SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY
Sad she thought there was no other way out . My condolences to her family .
So sad my condolence to the family