The decomposed body of Mahendranauth Jaipaul, a 56-year-old fisherman of Lot 14 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was discovered yesterday by four fishermen while they were catching crab at Eversham foreshore in Berbice.
thenewsdeskgy.com understands that last Sunday, the deceased was his crew members out at sea when the fishing vessel he was working on sank at about 03 hours and he Jaipaul went under water and never resurfaced. A search party went out with the hope of locating the victim but came up empty handed.
However, four fishermen — Rakesh Chunilall, age 33, from Rose Hall Town, Corentyne Berbice; Romero Singh, age 31, from Port Mourant Squatting Area; Rayon Singh, age 25, from Palmyra Village; and Bryan Daniels, age 62, of Palmyra Village, went to the No. 51 Police Station and reported the discovery of the motionless body.
When detectives visited the scene, the body was lying on the stomach, face down. Due to the advanced stage of decomposition, the body could not be examined for marks of violence by the crime scene technician.
The body was later escorted to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where it was certified dead by a Doctor on duty and then escorted to Anthony’s Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination and identification of the body.
Jaipaul’s body was identified by his brother, Manpaul Jaipaul, a 57-year-old Hire Car driver of Lot 121 Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice.
