The lifeless body of a man was found hanging from a rope around the neck in the veranda of his East Canje, Berbice home.
The body of Khemraj Atomdeo, 53, of Lot 45 West Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, was found by his brother Kamaldeo Atomdeo. After the discovery the Police were summoned.
The autopsy report on Atomdeo showed that he asphyxiated. It also revealed that alcohol was in his bloodstream.
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His brother told Guyana Times that he got out of bed and was preparing to open his shop on the bottom flat of the house when a passer-by shouted out to him that his brother was hanging from the rafter in the veranda. He checked and saw his brother’s motionless body.
Although he wanted to cut down the body, he instead summoned the Police, who immediately launched an investigation.
He recalled that his brother returned home on Sunday evening under the influence of alcohol but did not say much, other than he was heading to bed. That was the last time he saw his brother alive.
The father of one spent 18 years overseas and returned to Guyana recently. He was described as a heavy drinker.
