Boyfriend arraigned for murder of La Grange woman

Ryan Johnson was on Thursday remanded to prison by Wales Magistrate Faith McGusty for the murder of his girlfriend Nirmala Sukhai, aka ‘Shorty’, whose body was found in her La Grange home on Friday, September 30, 2022.
In his arraignment before the Magistrate, he was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder, which detailed that between September 29 and 30, 2022, he murdered Nirmala Sukhai, also called ‘Shorty’. He has been remanded until October 27. It has been reported that the lifeless body of the 33-year-old woman was found on her bed in her flat, two-bedroom, concrete house. After the discovery, the late Nirmala’s mother said she discovered her daughter’s lifeless body in the house, lying face down on her bed.
At the time of the discovery, Nirmala was clad in a pink top, but was not wearing any undergarments, and a reddish substance that appeared to be blood was oozing from her mouth. The scene was processed, and a pair of grey short pants were found on the bed. Police have said it appeared to have been cut from the back. A brown-handle knife had also been found on the bed under her body.
Nirmala’s body was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where her death was confirmed.
It was reported that Nirmala had last been seen alive while engaged in a drinking session with Ryan Johnson, who is alleging that while they were drinking, Nirmala had “disappeared with another man in the back yard of the bar”, and this had made him angry.
According to Johnson, they had terminated the drinking session and had gone to Nirmala’s home, and their argument had resumed. The suspect is alleging that they had started to fight, and he had choked Nirmala until she had become unresponsive.