Miner gets $200k bail for allegedly stabbing wife

A man who was previously listed as wanted in connection with stabbing his wife has now been arrested, charged, and granted bail by the court.

Mahendra Rampersaud, also known as “Kacey”, a 34-year-old miner of Mon Repos School Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was recently taken into custody by ranks of the Guyana Police Force after a wanted bulletin was issued.

He was apprehended during an early-morning operation on February 14 at the Lusignan Grass Field by officers from the Vigilance Police Station.

The suspect was wanted in relation to an incident that occurred on May 16, 2025, at Bladen Hall/Strathspey, ECD, during which a 32-year-old housewife sustained injuries.

According to reports, the victim, 31-year-old Felicia Dharamjeet, was allegedly attacked and stabbed by her husband, Rampersaud, at her parents’ home in Bladen Hall, ECD.

The couple had been married for about 14 years but separated three months prior to the attack, when the woman left their Mon Repos residence with their two sons, aged 11 and nine.

According to the woman, her husband went to the home around 15:00h after picking the children up from school, and accused her of infidelity and spreading false information about him. She denied the allegations and alleged that he became enraged, forced his way inside, attacking her with a knife.

During the incident, their older son sustained cuts to his hand while trying to intervene.

The woman was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital with two stab wounds to her neck and injuries to her hand. Her son was treated at the Nabaclis Health Centre and later discharged. The matter was later reported to the Vigilance Police Station.

She had also disclosed that there had been previous issues in the marriage, including repeated arguments and accusations. She had also previously obtained restraining orders against her husband, withdrawing the first in an effort to reconcile.

Since the incident, the man had been in hiding. He was recently arrested and charged with the offence of felonious wounding, contrary to Section 56(a) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01. The charge was formally laid in connection with the 2025 incident.

Rampersaud appeared on Tuesday before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to him. He pleaded not guilty and was granted $200,000 bail.

The matter has been adjourned to March 26.