GRAND-GAUBE: A story of revenge ends in murder

A tragedy of rare violence shook the region of Saint-François, Grand-Gaube, where a case of brutal assault tragically turned into a presumed homicide after 20 days of struggle by Vijay Ramrad (56 years old) for his survival. Police arrested five suspects, including two women. Vijay Ramrad died of his injuries on Wednesday evening at the Intensive Care Unit of the SAJ Hospital. He was unable to give his full version of the facts to the police because of his condition.

The attack took place on the evening of March 26 at the home of Vijay Ramrad, in Saint-François. He was then at his home when a group made up of five individuals, three men and two women, showed up on the scene. According to the information collected, the suspects forced their way into the house after asking Vijay's wife where the latter was.

In her testimony to the police, the wife (51 years old) declared having heard a noise outside before discovering the attackers. She claimed to have recognized one of them as being the son of a certain Pascaline, employed in a road company. The intruders then entered the house and violently attacked her husband.

One of the attackers struck the fifty-year-old in the head using a plastic chair, while another attacked him in the abdomen with a box cutter. Seriously injured, Vijay Ramrad lost consciousness on the spot. Alerted, the police were unable to arrest the suspects, the latter having fled before the arrival of the police. It would be a story of revenge following a workplace dispute between the victim and a colleague.

Rushed to the SSRN hospital by the Grand-Gaube police, the fifty-year-old was admitted to the ward after receiving treatment. He initially left the facility on April 5 before his condition deteriorated again. On April 11, he presented himself at the SAJ Hospital where he was admitted to intensive care. Despite the efforts of medical staff, he did not survive the severity of his injuries.

In a major breakthrough, elements of the Divisional Crime Intelligence Unit Northern, under the responsibility of Deputy Police Superintendent Boodhun, in collaboration with the Goodlands Criminal Investigation Division led by Sub-Inspector Ramasawmy, carried out the arrest of five suspects on Thursday.

They are Jean Lorenzo Sansoucis (25 years old) and his brother Christ Whelan Sansoucis (21 years old) from Cité-Mère-Teresa, Triolet, Raphaël Cazy Charlot (27 years old) unemployed, living in Cité-EDC-Amaury, Marie Manuella Roméo-Sansoucis (28 years old) domiciled in Amaury, of Marie Welana Pascaline Sansoucis (46 years old) residing in Terre-Rouge.

During their interrogation, the suspects confessed, acknowledging their presence on the