No charges in chopping death

SHARLENE RAMPERSAD

Police are yet to charge a 56-year-old man who surrendered hours after chopping to death his relative Ganesh Samaroo, the father of two.

The suspect surrendered to police on Tuesday night, hours after Samaroo’s death. Samaroo, 38, died in front of his Perseverance Road, Couva home.

According to relatives, the suspect, who lives next door to Samaroo, began cursing Samaroo and his mother at about 7.15 pm. Samaroo went out to try to calm the man but the dispute escalated. Samaroo went out into the road, where the relative chopped him on the arm. Samaroo tried to escape but the man chased him and chopped him again as he lay bleeding in a drain in front his home. Samaroo, a truck driver, died on the spot.

Yesterday, Samaroo’s sister Savi Ramnath told Newsday the family was still in shock. Her 75-year-old mother Ruby Samaroo was told what had happened but had not grasped that her son was dead.

“She does not fully understand what happened to him and we are trying to explain it to her, but she believes he is still alive,” Ramnath said. The funeral has been set for tomorrow. “We are telling her what will happen for the funeral, but it’s like she doesn’t understand.

“Right now, the whole family is still trying to accept what happened here.” An autopsy on Wednesday confirmed Samaroo died from shock and haemorrhage consistent with multiple chop wounds.