Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal has issued a call for men to respect women and girls.
The call comes following the murder-suicide of Banker’s Insurance employee, Omatie Deobarran and school teacher Amar Deobarran. Mr. Deobarran chopped his wife to death at their home in Barrackpore on Friday night, before dying at hospital after ingesting a poisonous substance.
Minister Sagramsingh-Sooklal said the incident is only one example of women, not only being disrespected but losing their life in the process.
Minister Sagramsingh-Sooklal said the protection of women and girls is critical adding that it is what the Navratri celebration recognises and endorses.