Funeral for woman killed by beau

Guiatree “Chanda” Hardat, the 22-year-old Queens College nursing student allegedly gunned down by her transit cop estranged boyfriend, will be cremated on Thursday, May 17 according to Hindu tradition.
A funeral service for Hardat will be held at the Grace Funeral Chapel in Brooklyn, after which her remains will be taken to St. Michael’s Cemetery/Crematory in Astoria.
Harry Rupnarine, 37, of Queens, who joined the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 2005 and was assigned to the Transit Kings Task Force in Brooklyn, has been charged with the murder of Hardat and has been suspended without pay. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, Hardat and Rupnarine were arguing Thursday evening, May 10, on Atlantic Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets in Woodhaven when the cop allegedly drew his police-issued handgun and shot her once in the head, killing her.
Published reports have said that Hardat called her father, Sukhdeo Hardat, during the altercation, and that he heard her last words, “Go away- I hate you, I hate you!” before her cell phone went dead. Mother Dabby Hardat was reportedly on a Mother’s Day vacation in the family’s homeland of Guyana when her daughter was murdered.
She returned to her home on Sunday, May 13 upon learning of her daughter’s death, and in a heart-wrenching scene, read the cards her daughter had marked, “Do not open until Mother’s Day.”
Reports claim that Rupnarine first implicated two knife-wielding robbers and said that he fired at them, hitting Hardat by accident.
Witnesses told cops they heard the cell phone conversation and the argument and said that the shooting appeared deliberate.
Rupnarine is currently being held without bail.
He is in “protective custody,” according to Brown, meaning that he is kept in his own cell for 23 hours a day, with no contact other than with his attorney and guards. His next scheduled court appearance is May 29.