An engineer attached to the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was today charged with the attempted murder of his fiancée.
Thirty-two-year-old Ashmin Mahadeo was shot at her Lot 25 D Williamsburg, Corentyne home on October 1, 2023, and Police had arrested her fiancé, Neil Madramootoo.
However, the 29-year-old engineer of Shoe Lane, New Amsterdam, was subsequently released on $300,000 station bail after the legal 72-hour detention period had expired and the case file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
On Friday, Police re-arrested the suspect after they were able to get a statement from Mahadeo, who reportedly confirmed to investigators that it was her fiancé who shot her.
Madramootoo appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh via zoom at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court where he was not required to plead.
He was granted bail in the sum of $500,000. He was also ordered to lodge his passport and to report to the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam every other Friday.
The matter comes up again on November 8 at the Albion Magistrate’s Court.
Mahadeo is still hospitalised and cannot move any of her limbs. However, she has since provided investigators with details of what transpired during the October 1 incident.
Mahadeo was discovered with a gunshot wound to her neck and was rushed to a hospital in Berbice an unconscious state. Reports are that the bullet entered from the back of the neck and exited through the jaw. She was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she remains.
Police have since gathered evidence in relation to an illegal firearm that was found in the house where the shooting incident took place.
Ballistics tests were also done while detectives also checked the hands and clothes of the fiancé for gunpowder residue.
At the time of the shooting, the couple was packing items in Madramootoo’s company vehicle to be taken to a location in Port Mourant where the couple’s bridal shower/reception was expected to take place.
The injured woman’s fiancé initially told her relatives that he did not know what transpired and initially suggested that it might have been a robbery.
He had claimed that he did not know where Mahadeo’s cellphone was. He also claimed that his cellphone was missing. However, both phones were subsequently discovered in a vehicle which the engineer had access to.
The couple was slated to get married later this month.
