Berbice man charged for stabbing ex-wife to death

Baburam Ganpat, who turned himself in to Police custody days after stabbing his ex-wife to death, was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Alex Moore when he made a virtual court appearance at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court.
He was slapped with a murder charge.

Gunpat was not required to plead to the indictment which stated that on August 8 at Number 47 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, he murdered 24-year-old Padmini Ramchandar.
It was reported that Ramchandar had severed the relationship and had moved out of East Canje and back to her Corentyne home about two months before her demise. Notwithstanding that, Ganpat accused the woman of infidelity.

However, on August 8, Ramchandar, of Number 47 Village, Corentyne, left her home on her electric bike to drop off her three-year-old niece at her parent’s home, which is one street away.
While she was in front of the child’s mother’s home, Ganpat reportedly drove up and struck her off the bike.
He reportedly exited the car, attacked the woman with a knife, and stabbed her several times before fleeing the scene. The injured woman was picked up and taken to the hospital.
Ganpat was represented by Attorney-at-law Murceline Bacchus. The case has been adjourned to November 2. (G4)