Latchmin Mohabir, the woman who was savagely attacked by her husband, who then killed himself on Wednesday is recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital following eight hours of surgery.
She lost three fingers on her right hand but the full extent of her injuries will be known today when the family speaks to the doctor, her brother Seeraj, told Stabroek News. Through Seeraj, Latchmin, 42, would only say that she is feeling the same way she did when she came to the hospital. The woman was surrounded by family and friends and both her hands were bandaged when this newspaper visited the hospital yesterday.
On Wednesday the East Coast Demerara community of Triumph was rocked by the attack and subsequent suicide of Latchmin’s husband, Subhash Chan Mohabir.
Mohabir, 49, of 66-67 Agriculture Road, Triumph died at the Georgetown Hospital around 5 pm, hours after he had consumed an unknown poison. Shortly before that, the popular poultry farmer had savagely chopped his wife with a knife and cutlass in the presence of the couple’s children.
Relatives and friends of the couple have said that they are puzzled as to what might have sparked the attack which occurred at 10:30 am Wednesday. This newspaper has since learnt that Mohabir was in the habit of threatening his wife but she never made a report to the police.
