The three-year-old-chid, who was the victim of a stabbing by her father’s hand, is in stable condition at the San Fernando General Hospital.
This morning police were on the scene of a murder/suicide in Penal, where a 25-year-old man stabbed his wife and three-year-old daughter before hanging himself.
According to reports, around 6 am Purnanand Bhim, 57, got up to attend to his cattle when he discovered his son-in-law, Premanth Ramkhelawan, hanging from a shed at the back of his house.
As Bhim went back to call his wife, a neighbour told him that his 26-year-old daughter, Aarika Bhim’s car was parked on a side trace approximately 100 metres from their home. He rushed over to the car and found his daughter, lying dead in the back seat. Her child, Aarti Ramkhalawan was on top of her.
Aarika was pronounced dead on the scene, and her daughter was treated at the Siparia District Health Facility where she was transferred to San Fernando General Hospital.
Bhim said he immediately called the police and ambulance and got the baby out of the car.
According to Bhim, the three were on their way back from a wedding in Princes Town, but they never made it home. Both Aarika and Aarti were stabbed multiple times about the body.
Investigations continue