For 7 years Karishma Bachu and her now 4 children had to endure the horrific abuse of Ashen Sujnarain. He has been arrested multiple times and has a 10 year suspended sentence under his name for the crimes he has committed yet he still walks a free man. After years of abuse against his partner and children (verbal and physical) he had kicked his 8 months then-pregnant partner and 3 kids onto the streets to fend for themselves with the youngest being under one.

The pattern of abuse continued after the 2 had been separated. On the 15 of December 2020 after the baby was born Karishma had been taking shelter at a friends house when Ashen carefully planned his next attack. He ensured that she was alone before casually dropping by with an excuse to drop off some belongings. As soon as she opened the door he struck her unconscious and began viciously beating her for hours as she moved in and out of consciousness. He then took her to a hospital and disappeared.

Only after a week was she able to regain consciousness and contact her family who was desperately looking for her. He had left her with a fractured skull, broken ribs, severe bruising and life long trauma.  A case was opened against Ashen Suijnaran and police could not locate him as he was on the run. When he was eventually arrested he was let out on R500 bail as the docket could not be found. he first court appearance was on the 2nd Feb 21 and the case was remanded until the 11 Feb 21. As it seems to be a continuous cycle of the court not taking this seriously.

Our main objective is to get this woman and her kids' justice as well as to bring more awareness on how our justice system handles abuse cases. They have failed her and countless other women that need justice. Help us put this man away for good.