SON KILLS MOM, SELF
Family feud turns deadly on Mother's Day
By
Carolyn Kissoon
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May 13, 2012 at 11:52 PM ECT A mother who wanted nothing more than to be reunited with her estranged son on Mother's Day was brutally beaten on the head by the man, who afterwards took his own life yesterday.
Batia Ramsumair, 70, collapsed and died on the doorsteps of her son's house at Sukhan Trace, Barrackpore.
Her son, Basdeo Ragoobar, who wanted nothing to do with his
mother and siblings, drank a poisonous substance and died in a track at
the back of his house.
Relatives said the mother and son severed ties almost 18 years ago when he beat and chased her from the family's home.
Ramsumair moved in with an older son, Sookdeo, at Jones Trace, Barrackpore.
Police said there was an ongoing dispute between the mother and son.
Several reports of domestic violence were made against 47-year-old Ragoobar.
He was recently imprisoned for breaching a protection order, police said.
Dass Ragoobar, another son, said: "But she kept trying to talk to him. That was her son and she wanted him to come back into her life. She loved him so much. And every time she tried to talk to him he would want to beat her. Yesterday I was talking to her and she tell me she going to talk to (Basdeo) this morning because it is Mother's Day and he will have to talk to her. I beg her to stay away from him because he was a violent person. He always wanted to beat people. But she said no, it is Mother's Day and she going by her son."
Ramsumair took a taxi to her son's house around 9 a.m. Neighbours said they heard loud voices and then Ramsumair was seen lying in the front yard.
Her face was covered in blood.
Police said the elderly woman was struck on the head with a blunt object.
A murti of the Hindu god Hanuman was on the ground, near Ramsumair's body.
But officers were unable to confirm if the murti was used as the murder weapon.
Ragoobar ran through a track at the back of his unfinished house after the attack.
Police responded to the report and found Ragoobar lying face down in the bushes, dressed in a pair of short pants. A bottle containing a brown liquid was near his body.
A relative and six-year-old child were at Ragoobar's home when the incident happened.
Police were last evening searching for the woman and child who left after Ramsumair was killed.
Ramsumair was a mother of five.
"My father was sick, so he couldn't do much. My mother single-handedly raised five children. She sacrificed and make sure her children always had something to eat. She used her own hands and build the house that Basdeo was living in and he put her out. She loved all of her children and because of that love she was killed," Dass Ragoobar said.
Ramsumair's four children and grandchildren had planned a surprise luncheon to celebrate Mother's Day yesterday.
Her son-in-law, Ravi Ramdass, said they had planned to cook and spend the day with the elderly woman.
"Yesterday we took her out to a restaurant and for a drive. And today we were in the grocery buying things to make lunch for her when we got the call," he said.
His wife, Annie, was inconsolable.
"My mother wanted to spend Mother's Day with him (Basdeo). Look she get to spend Mother's Day with him, but not with us," she cried.
Relatives described Ramsumair as a loving mother, who always wanted to see her children happy.
Her 15-year-old grandson, Krishna Rajkumar, said, "Nani just wanted to speak with her son on Mother's Day. She loved him so much. I can never accept something like this."
The bodies of mother and son lay side by side as they were taken to the Forensic Science Centre in St James.
Southern Homicide Division officers are continuing investigations.
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SON KILLS MOM OVER LAND
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| Batia Ramsumair |
Relatives said the mother and son severed ties almost 18 years ago when he beat and chased her from the family's home.
Ramsumair moved in with an older son, Sookdeo, at Jones Trace, Barrackpore.
Police said there was an ongoing dispute between the mother and son.
Several reports of domestic violence were made against 47-year-old Ragoobar.
He was recently imprisoned for breaching a protection order, police said.
Dass Ragoobar, another son, said: "But she kept trying to talk to him. That was her son and she wanted him to come back into her life. She loved him so much. And every time she tried to talk to him he would want to beat her. Yesterday I was talking to her and she tell me she going to talk to (Basdeo) this morning because it is Mother's Day and he will have to talk to her. I beg her to stay away from him because he was a violent person. He always wanted to beat people. But she said no, it is Mother's Day and she going by her son."
Ramsumair took a taxi to her son's house around 9 a.m. Neighbours said they heard loud voices and then Ramsumair was seen lying in the front yard.
Her face was covered in blood.
Police said the elderly woman was struck on the head with a blunt object.
A murti of the Hindu god Hanuman was on the ground, near Ramsumair's body.
But officers were unable to confirm if the murti was used as the murder weapon.
Ragoobar ran through a track at the back of his unfinished house after the attack.
Police responded to the report and found Ragoobar lying face down in the bushes, dressed in a pair of short pants. A bottle containing a brown liquid was near his body.
A relative and six-year-old child were at Ragoobar's home when the incident happened.
Police were last evening searching for the woman and child who left after Ramsumair was killed.
Ramsumair was a mother of five.
"My father was sick, so he couldn't do much. My mother single-handedly raised five children. She sacrificed and make sure her children always had something to eat. She used her own hands and build the house that Basdeo was living in and he put her out. She loved all of her children and because of that love she was killed," Dass Ragoobar said.
Ramsumair's four children and grandchildren had planned a surprise luncheon to celebrate Mother's Day yesterday.
Her son-in-law, Ravi Ramdass, said they had planned to cook and spend the day with the elderly woman.
"Yesterday we took her out to a restaurant and for a drive. And today we were in the grocery buying things to make lunch for her when we got the call," he said.
His wife, Annie, was inconsolable.
"My mother wanted to spend Mother's Day with him (Basdeo). Look she get to spend Mother's Day with him, but not with us," she cried.
Relatives described Ramsumair as a loving mother, who always wanted to see her children happy.
Her 15-year-old grandson, Krishna Rajkumar, said, "Nani just wanted to speak with her son on Mother's Day. She loved him so much. I can never accept something like this."
The bodies of mother and son lay side by side as they were taken to the Forensic Science Centre in St James.
Southern Homicide Division officers are continuing investigations.
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SON KILLS MOM OVER LAND
By STACY MOORE Monday, May 14 2012
LIKE all mothers,
Barrackpore pensioner Batia Ramsumair, 70, never stopped loving her son
though she endured years of abuse from him during which he eventually
drove her out of her own house.
Yesterday on
the occasion of Mother’s Day, Batia believed her son would have
softened his heart and reached out to her, but the mother of five
suffered a deadly blow of fate. The son, Basdeo Ragoobar, 47, struck
his elderly mother on the head, killing her instantly in his yard at
Sukhan Trace, Rochard Douglas Road, Barrackpore. After the woman fell,
bleeding from a wound on the head, Basdeo drank a poisonous substance
and died in some bushes at the back of the house.
The murder of the elderly Batia which occurred at about 9 am, plunged the Barrackpore community into mourning where families were celebrating Mother’s Day. Batia lived in her own house with her son Basdeo, his wife, and their child sharing accommodation.
Neighbours said yesterday that the mother and son quarreled a lot, and often times, he used to beat Batia. According to neighbours, Basdeo chased his elderly mother from the house and she was forced to live with another son at Jones Street in Barrackpore, a mile away.
Relatives said Batia would often make attempts to reconcile with her son, but the abuse continued. Police investigators said yesterday that Batia recently took out a restraining order against Basdeo but he continued to abuse the woman and was sent to jail for breaching the Protection Order.
According to a police report, Batia woke up yesterday on Mother’s Day and her son whom she was living with, Sookdeo Ramsumair, wished her “Happy Mother’s Day”. Another son, Dass Ragoobar, 49, told Newsday the family had planned to assemble at Sookdeo’s home with whom their mother lived, to celebrate Mother’s Day. Dass said, “We had planned to go by her (a gift) and cook and eat. We just wanted her to relax. We were going to do everything for her.”
About an hour before the children arrived at the house, Batia took a taxi and dropped off at Sukhan Trace. She wanted to make a last bid to mend her broken heart with Basdeo, her second son. Neighbours said they saw when the woman, dressed in a pink T-shirt, a black skirt and holding a hand bag, alighted from the taxi. But neighbours told police officers that as the woman was walking into the yard towards the house where she once lived, Basdeo emerged and began cursing her.
Neighbours told Newsday that they heard the shouting, but when they looked out and saw Basdeo cursing his mother, one of them telephoned the Barrackpore Police Station and reported the matter.
Police officers arrived at the home and saw Batia lying on the ground, her head smeared with blood. Next to the body were the purse and two murtis (statue of a Hindu god) that had fallen on the ground during the commotion.
Police investigators believe that Basdeo struck his mother with a blunt object several times, because she bled profusely from wounds to the head.
Police officers went into a bushy area behind the house and discovered Basdeo’s body. Next to him was a bottle with a brown liquid which was believed to be lanate.
A police report stated that Basdeo’s wife and child were not at home when police officers arrived on the scene. The area was cordoned off by Crime Scene Investigators and caution tape was placed around the house. ASP Zamsheed Mohammed, Cpls Ramdeen, Ifill and Hosein conducted investigations.
Villagers lined Sukhan Trace, among them several mothers who wept for Batia while expressing disbelief over the fate that had befallen the woman on a day dedicated to all mothers of the world. One woman who clutched her stomach, her eyes fixated on the body of Batia on the ground, sobbed, “No mother deserves this. Imagine, on Mother’s Day a mother get killed by she own son.”
Batia’s children had rushed to the scene, the eldest, Dass cried, “Why! why! why!, this boy had to kill my mother... why, and on Mother’s Day. No! No!”
Dass said at the time of the killing, he was busy attending to crops in his garden, because he wanted to return home in time for the “get-together for mummy”. Dass added, “I was trying to organise because I know everyone was coming togther to surprise mummy and have a special lunch for her. Then, to come home to hear my brother hit the old lady and kill her. They told me he hit her on her head.” Dass said despite Basdeo’s threats to kill his mother, Batia never stopped demonstrating her love for her son.
“But she always loved him no matter what he did to her. She said that he was and will always be her son. She did not listen to us when we told her not to go by his house. She insisted she had to go see her son (Basdeo) today as it was Mother’s Day,” Ragoobar said. Ragoobar said before Batia left to go visit Basdeo, she said, “Today is Mother’s Day and Basdeo will have to listen to me.”
Police investigators told Newsday the dispute between the mother and son was over land.
Minister of Community Development Nizam Baskh who lives in Barrackpore, visited the scene of the crime and comforted the relatives.
He said people are lacking patience and they are opting to settle issues with violence. Autopsies are to be performed today on the bodies.
The murder of the elderly Batia which occurred at about 9 am, plunged the Barrackpore community into mourning where families were celebrating Mother’s Day. Batia lived in her own house with her son Basdeo, his wife, and their child sharing accommodation.
Neighbours said yesterday that the mother and son quarreled a lot, and often times, he used to beat Batia. According to neighbours, Basdeo chased his elderly mother from the house and she was forced to live with another son at Jones Street in Barrackpore, a mile away.
Relatives said Batia would often make attempts to reconcile with her son, but the abuse continued. Police investigators said yesterday that Batia recently took out a restraining order against Basdeo but he continued to abuse the woman and was sent to jail for breaching the Protection Order.
According to a police report, Batia woke up yesterday on Mother’s Day and her son whom she was living with, Sookdeo Ramsumair, wished her “Happy Mother’s Day”. Another son, Dass Ragoobar, 49, told Newsday the family had planned to assemble at Sookdeo’s home with whom their mother lived, to celebrate Mother’s Day. Dass said, “We had planned to go by her (a gift) and cook and eat. We just wanted her to relax. We were going to do everything for her.”
About an hour before the children arrived at the house, Batia took a taxi and dropped off at Sukhan Trace. She wanted to make a last bid to mend her broken heart with Basdeo, her second son. Neighbours said they saw when the woman, dressed in a pink T-shirt, a black skirt and holding a hand bag, alighted from the taxi. But neighbours told police officers that as the woman was walking into the yard towards the house where she once lived, Basdeo emerged and began cursing her.
Neighbours told Newsday that they heard the shouting, but when they looked out and saw Basdeo cursing his mother, one of them telephoned the Barrackpore Police Station and reported the matter.
Police officers arrived at the home and saw Batia lying on the ground, her head smeared with blood. Next to the body were the purse and two murtis (statue of a Hindu god) that had fallen on the ground during the commotion.
Police investigators believe that Basdeo struck his mother with a blunt object several times, because she bled profusely from wounds to the head.
Police officers went into a bushy area behind the house and discovered Basdeo’s body. Next to him was a bottle with a brown liquid which was believed to be lanate.
A police report stated that Basdeo’s wife and child were not at home when police officers arrived on the scene. The area was cordoned off by Crime Scene Investigators and caution tape was placed around the house. ASP Zamsheed Mohammed, Cpls Ramdeen, Ifill and Hosein conducted investigations.
Villagers lined Sukhan Trace, among them several mothers who wept for Batia while expressing disbelief over the fate that had befallen the woman on a day dedicated to all mothers of the world. One woman who clutched her stomach, her eyes fixated on the body of Batia on the ground, sobbed, “No mother deserves this. Imagine, on Mother’s Day a mother get killed by she own son.”
Batia’s children had rushed to the scene, the eldest, Dass cried, “Why! why! why!, this boy had to kill my mother... why, and on Mother’s Day. No! No!”
Dass said at the time of the killing, he was busy attending to crops in his garden, because he wanted to return home in time for the “get-together for mummy”. Dass added, “I was trying to organise because I know everyone was coming togther to surprise mummy and have a special lunch for her. Then, to come home to hear my brother hit the old lady and kill her. They told me he hit her on her head.” Dass said despite Basdeo’s threats to kill his mother, Batia never stopped demonstrating her love for her son.
“But she always loved him no matter what he did to her. She said that he was and will always be her son. She did not listen to us when we told her not to go by his house. She insisted she had to go see her son (Basdeo) today as it was Mother’s Day,” Ragoobar said. Ragoobar said before Batia left to go visit Basdeo, she said, “Today is Mother’s Day and Basdeo will have to listen to me.”
Police investigators told Newsday the dispute between the mother and son was over land.
Minister of Community Development Nizam Baskh who lives in Barrackpore, visited the scene of the crime and comforted the relatives.
He said people are lacking patience and they are opting to settle issues with violence. Autopsies are to be performed today on the bodies.
Man murders mom, takes his own life
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Minister
of Community Development Nizam Baksh (right) offers condolences
to Ian
Rajkumar and his wife Sumintra at Sukhu Trace, Barrackpore, yesterday
where her mother Batia Ramsumair, 70, was found murdered.
PHOTOS: RISHI
RAGOONATH
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Published: Monday, May 14, 2012
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