Trinidad: Police could have done more to protect her, relatives say

(Trinidad Guardian) Ram­ra­jie Gob­in, 49, who was dis­cov­ered hacked to death at her home in Gol­con­da on Sun­day was de­scribed as an “An­gel.”

Gob­in was the moth­er of two, who are both grown adults.

On Sun­day at about 4 pm, Gob­in’s son found her chopped to death on her bed.

Up to late yes­ter­day, po­lice were still look­ing for a close male rel­a­tive, who they be­lieve can as­sist in their in­ves­ti­ga­tions as they re­ceived in­for­ma­tion that not on­ly he was seen lurk­ing out­side her home ear­li­er in the day but al­so that Gob­in had called her daugh­ter and told her that the sus­pect was at her home threat­en­ing her.

Gob­in, who lived at Ridge­wood Gar­dens, Gol­con­da, had tak­en out a pro­tec­tion or­der against the sus­pect a few months ago.

 
Gob­in was de­scribed as “the per­fect mum” who sup­port­ed her daugh­ter and son con­tin­u­ous­ly and one who would al­ways make sure that they are guid­ed along the cor­rect path.

A rel­a­tive told the Guardian Me­dia that Gob­in’s trag­ic death has brought noth­ing but shock and sad­ness. “She al­ways had a smile…her mantra was don’t let peo­ple dim your light be­cause your light shines in their eyes…al­ways press for­ward and re­main fo­cused,” the be­reaved rel­a­tive added.

The rel­a­tive claimed Gob­in’s life was threat­ened on many oc­ca­sions and added that she did lodge sev­er­al re­ports in the po­lice sta­tion, how­ev­er, they be­lieve more could have been done to pro­tect her.

Gob­in was de­scribed by her daugh­ter, Ani­ta, as a “beau­ti­ful soul”, a per­son, who was “ beau­ti­ful in­side out.”

Rel­a­tives said they are ea­ger for jus­tice and hope that “jus­tice comes quick­ly.”