Police have formally laid charges against Sunil Dookie  for the murder of his ex-wife, Reshma Kanchan, whose gruesome killing sparked national outrage nearly two weeks ago.

Kanchan was found dead on September 29 at her home located at Laltoo Branch Road, Penal.

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Mrs Honore Paul gave the instructions to lay the charge against Dookie on Friday.

According to the TTPS, their investigations revealed that Dookie, 36, of Thompson Trace, Siparia filed a report at the Siparia Police Station on Monday 28th September, of domestic problems with the deceased and of suicidal feelings.

Police say further information revealed that the deceased left her home at approximately 8.45am on Tuesday 29th September 2020, and was seen arguing with a person in a black vehicle. Shortly after the vehicle sped off driving west and the deceased was discovered by villagers on the ground suffering from apparent chop wounds and lifeless.

Dookie was apprehended after the vehicle he was driving colliding with a metal garbage bin along the Laltoo Branch Road, he was suffering from a wound to his neck.

He  is expected to appear before a Siparia Magistrate on Monday.