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Jun 04, 2016 News
Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA), the human rights group which has been
working closely with the Babita Sarjou case, is calling on the authorities to make the DNA result, taken from a body that was found buried in the woman’s estranged husband’s backyard, a priority so that her family can get justice.
Sarjou’s relatives have been waiting for almost six years to find out what happened to the 28-year-old woman. Although items found buried with the body were identified by her family, the family members still need a positive identification.
The skeletal remains of a female believed to be Babita Sarjou who went missing on October 4, 2010 was found on May 23, last, buried in her estranged husband, Sharadananda Narine, called Anand’s backyard. He and an accomplice, Darel Pronton, are currently before the court.
Kaieteur News was able to confirm that the DNA samples which were taken from the remains and relatives of Sarjou have not been sent to Trinidad and Tobago for testing as yet.
At a press conference yesterday, Dianne Madray, CADVA’s Project Director, said that they are hoping that a confirmation can be made as soon as possible so that Sarjou’s family can move on and heal from this tragic loss.
“Let’s hope this does not take another six years, and that the accused and his accomplice are tried and convicted for the murder of Babita Sarjou,” Madray said.
She explained that the organization as well as the relatives of Sarjou relies on the coordination of the investigation between the Guyana Police Force and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution so that justice can be served.
This newspaper was told that Sarjou’s death might have been as a result of jealously since the woman was abused on many occasions while living with her husband.
“When death occurs, no amount of money can bring that person back. As a woman, it makes me feel very sad and heartbroken to see the level of aggression displayed by so many of our men folk who feel ‘if they can’t have you no one else will’.”
In the case of Babita Sarjou, Madray said that for her husband to kill her and bury her near his back step is a clear indication of him ensuring that even in death no one can have her.
At the time the mother of one was killed, she had been living apart from her husband for more than a year but would meet with him to see her son since he had custody of the child who was four years old at the time.
It was on one of these visits that she was allegedly killed. She had left home to go meet with her husband and son at the Diwali motorcade but never returned home.
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