Body of alcoholic found sitting on bicycle in Ogle trench

The lifeless body of 53-year-old Gangaram Ishram of Lot 214 Industry Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was on Thursday found submerged in a sitting position on a bicycle in a trench at Ogle, ECD.
The Police have said that an unknown caller reported that a body was in a trench in front of the Ogle Community Centre Ground. They responded and found the man’s body submerged in the water in a sitting position on a green and black bicycle.
The body, clad in a yellow striped shirt and a pair of blue jeans, was identified as that of Gangaram Ishram by his sister Carol Ishram, who told Police that her brother had been an alcoholic and had had no medical illness or problem with anyone.
The body was retrieved from the trench and examined, but no marks of violence were found thereon. The body has been taken to Sandy’s Funeral Home to await a post-mortem.