A taxi driver died last night after having ingested a bottle of weedicide in his car, which was parked two corners away from his home in Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.
Gopaul Mangal, 25, was found slumped in his car around 7 pm by relatives. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital but doctors could not save him. He died two hours later.
A relative stated that the father of one was having domestic problems and had left his home to drink. Meanwhile, a 24-year-old mother of two committed suicide on Tuesday night in her apartment at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
Sharmilla, the only name given, was a young woman who was said to be struggling with severe stress and insecurity. She was found hanging in her bedroom in the apartment at the new Eccles Housing Scheme by her boyfriend with whom she lived.
According to the boyfriend, Michael Roberts, Sharmilla was stressed and would express it through violent outbursts. He said a few hours before he discovered her hanging, they had had an argument after they returned from a wake. He said she was enraged with jealousy and wanted to fight. But when he pushed her off, she locked herself in their bedroom. Roberts said she was also intoxicated and he told himself she would calm down eventually. Minutes turned into hours and he knocked at the door but got no answer, so he decided to pry the door open.
Roberts was arrested by the police shortly after he raised an alarm but was released yesterday. “Right now I don’t know what to do. I can’t eat
