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A NEW Grant man who police were told had a history of mental illness perished in a fire in his home on Sunday evening.

The tragic death of Amarnath Ramnarinesingh, 40, occurred at Frederick Settlement in Hindustan. Ramnarinesingh’s wife, Asha Norman, 48, survived.

Investigating officers were told that Ramnarinesingh was an out-patient of the psychiatric ward of the San Fernando General Hospital for eight years.