PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Feb 9, CMC – Police say a man is assisting their investigations after his wife claimed she had been forced to drink a pesticide.
They said that the 39-year-old man, who name was not disclosed, only his initials RR, was arrested over the last weekend near his home in n Welgedacht A, a residential area located in the northern part of the country.
Police said that preliminary investigation reveals that the man allegedly forced a bottle of pesticide into his 55-year-old wife’s mouth. The police said that after the incident, the victim was rushed to the emergency room of the Academic Hospital Paramaribo.
Her current condition has not been disclosed and the police said they seized a bottle containing aspeccts of the liquid, for further investigation.
They said a possible motive for the incident is that the man had suspected his wife of setting a fire at his car wash company.
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