A woman who is wanted for the murder of La Grange, West Bank Demerara businesswoman Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit has been nabbed in Suriname, and was handed over to Guyanese authorities on Wednesday.
The suspect, Jankie Tapsie, 27, was arrested in the ancient county in November, 2020, but escaped from the Springlands Police Station after she requested to use the washroom.
Bibi Nasmonisha Ramjit
On November 19, 2020, Police issued a bulletin for the woman, who was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of the 85-year-old businesswoman.
Following her escape from lawful custody, local authorities were of the view that she had absconded to the Dutch-speaking country via the ‘back track’ route. As such, the Police contacted their counterparts in that country.
The elderly businesswoman, who had lived alone, was found gagged and murdered in her home in October 2020. Her home was reportedly ransacked, thus leading investigators to believe that she was murdered during the commission of a robbery.
The now dead woman’s children are all overseas, and would visit from time to time.
It was reported that about four months ago, Ramjit, who operated a grocery shop, was terrorised, assaulted and robbed by several men who had invaded her home. They escaped with a large sum of money.
According to a family member, Ramjit did not make a report to the Police, since she was fearful that the robbers would return. One month after that incident, Ramjit was again robbed while she was sleeping in her hammock.
It is believed that the same group of men who committed the first robbery had entered her home and removed an undisclosed sum of money, which had been kept in one of the bedrooms of the house.
On the day Ramjit was murdered, one of her customers had gone to pay some money that he owed her, but after calling out several times and receiving no response, he thought something was amiss, since both the doors to her shop and house were opened.
