Daughter of murdered Lusignan woman calls for training of police in domestic violence

Maharani Parmanand

Even as her mother’s alleged killer remains on the run the daughter of Maharanie Parmanand is calling on the police hierarchy to intensify training for officers dealing with domestic violence cases.

“This is not only about my mother, it could someone’s mother, sister, aunt, anybody the police need to know how to talk to the women and to be more proactive and do the job getting the men charged and put away because look at the pattern of women who die, is not a first time thing,” Parmanand’s eldest daughter Kumarie Persaud said.

“I did most of the running around with my mother when she was last injured and I can tell you I was almost brought to tears when a policeman … at Vigilance told me that is man me mother de want make she get beat up…,” Persaud recalled.

Parmanand was discovered dead by neighbours in her home at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara on October 20,