Murder-suicide sends shockwaves through Canal No 2 Polder

…as barber shoots reputed wife before dying by suicide

A young barber on Tuesday shot and his reputed wife and later turned the gun on himself at Clear Brick Road, Belle West, Canal No 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

Dead are 30-year-old Attorney-at-Law Asasha Ramzan called “Sasha”, and Peter Charles. Ramzan was a State Counsel attached at the Attorney General’s Chambers.
According to reports, the bodies were found in a parked Nissan X-Trail Sport Utility Vehicle, with licence plate number PAB 6812, not far from the couple’s residence.
Ramzan’s body reportedly bore two gunshot wounds, while the barber’s body bore one.
At the time the bodies were found, Charles was seated in the driver’s seat while the woman’s body was in the front passenger’s seat. The two were both fully dressed for work.
The circumstances that led to the death of the young couple remain unknown. However, this newspaper understands that Charles is a licensed firearm holder. Several family members and friends of the couple expressed their shock on social media over the incident.

Energetic, focused, ambitious
Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Tuesday said that his chambers along with the Legal Affairs Ministry is deeply saddened by the passing of the young State Counsel, who was employed with the chambers from October 2020 to date.

The Attorney General said that having completed her Legal Education Certificate at the Hugh Wooding Law School, Ramzan was called to the Guyana Bar in November 2020.

“She joined the Litigation Department of the Attorney General’s Chambers and distinguished herself as a confident, hardworking, able, and driven attorney-at-law. Ms Ramzan brought the highest levels of professionalism and proficiency to every matter in which she was involved, and was concerned especially about the plight of the ordinary Guyanese,” Nandlall said in a statement to the media.
He noted that Ramzan was actively involved in numerous public outreach programmes, including assisting with the land regularisation programme of the Ministry.
She often accompanied Nandlall at public and community outreaches, as part of her demonstrable commitment to assist the ordinary Guyanese.
Ramzan also worked closely with the General Register Office (GRO), providing legal advice on a ready basis to the Registrar on a variety of legal matters.

“Asasha will be remembered by her colleagues as energetic, focused, and ambitious in all of her professional pursuits. Her dedication to her work is a hallmark of her tenure at the chambers, for which she stands recognised. These character traits equally applied to the vigour with which she spearheaded cultural activities within the Ministry…”, the Attorney General said as the chambers extended condolences to the family and loved ones of Ramzan. (G9)