Tomb raiders vandalise Tuschen woman’s grave, body desecrated

In a barbaric incident at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo (EBE), tomb raiders broke into the grave of a woman in a graveyard in the Zeelugt, EBE area and allegedly desecrated the dead woman’s body.
According to reports, the shocking incident came to light after the family of the dead woman, 55-year-old Calawattie Rattiram of Tuschen, EBE, was informed that someone had broken into the grave of the woman who was buried just two days earlier.
As the family members were alerted of the heinous incident, they went to the area where the woman’s remains were seen on the ground. According to the dead woman’s daughter, Sobrina Benjamin, her mother had passed away last Saturday, after dropping dead while visiting her neighbour.
She said her mother was buried on Wednesday, and the tomb was properly sealed. However, on Friday morning, she said she received a call from the representative of the Zeelugt community that her mother’s tomb was vandalised.
Benjamin said she was told that the body was discovered by three men who went to the area to cut trees.
“When I go, the coffin was pulled out and the mother’s body was seen half-naked, her underwear was off and her feet in a triangle position. Leonora Police informed were on scene,” the grieving daughter said.
Immediately after the discovery, the woman said her mother’s body was placed back into the tomb and reburied.
Earlier this year, tomb raiders broke into a tomb at Buxton Methodist Church Cemetery along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), removing the decaying remains from the casket and lining up the bones on the ground.
Family members of the dead man, who was identified as well-known East Coast resident Manu Durant who was shot dead in 2015, were called to the scene after the discovery was made.
After the discovery was made, the remains had to be placed in a new casket and reburied by Durant’s family and friends.
Durant was a well-known promoter, one-time wanted man, and former bodyguard of convicted drug lord Shaheed Roger Khan. He was shot dead in a strip club on North Road, Georgetown, in June 2015.
Durant was at the Baroombar Strip Club, according to reports, when he got into a confrontation with another patron of the club.
During the confrontation, Durant whipped out a firearm and fired a shot at the man. The man, in retaliation, whipped out his own weapon and returned fire. One of the shots hit Durant straight in the chest.
He fell to the ground while the suspect left the premises.
Durant was rushed to the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital where he remained unconscious and in critical condition until his death. (G9)