Allegedly drunken Berbice salesman drowns after falling into Corentyne River

The lifeless body of a salesman was pulled from the Corentyne River on Tuesday, hours after he fell overboard and never resurfaced. The dead man has been identified as 47-year-old Paul Bahadur of Canje Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Police stated that on Saturday, July 21, 2024, Bahadur, along with three other salesmen, Michael Balgobin,34; Brian Chand,18; and Ricky Jaimangal,19, all of whom are from East Canje Berbice travelled to Orealla to ‘walk and sell’ pots and other utensils.
However, on Tuesday at about 07:30h, they went to the Orealla stelling to board a boat for the nearby village of Siparuta.
According to one of the other salesmen, Bahadur was intoxicated and as he was about to jump onto the boat, he slipped and fell into the water. They were reportedly alerted by the loud splashing sound in the river.
Upon checking, they discovered Bahadur was nowhere to be seen. The boat captain was alerted, and a search party was formed.
After several hours of searching, his body was found. There were no signs of foul play but a post-mortem will be conducted shortly.