Body of missing Corentyne man found in shallow grave

The body of a coconut water vendor, who had gone missing for five days, was on Tuesday found buried in a shallow grave in the backlands of Crabwood Creek (CWC), Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Thirty-seven-year-old Ghowcharran Persaud, a father of two of Grant 1805 CWC was last seen on Thursday when he left his brother’s home to go fishing with two friends – “Ameer” and “Bharrat” – and was due to return on Saturday.
His brother, Pravesh Persaud, said periodically he would go on fishing outings with friends who would take them into the backdam and they would return with their catch to sell, but this was not the case this time.

“If he going with anybody he does come and tell me who he going with. He does call me ‘Buddy Boy’. So he say “Buddy Boy, we going and catch fish”. Ah asked him with who and he say ‘Ameer’. When he pick up his bag to walk out of the yard, the same ‘Ameer’ come with his bike and pick him up,” the brother explained.
The aggrieved brother related that on Saturday, one of the dead man’s friends informed him that Persaud was shot at the Ling Canal Conservancy, which is about ten miles into the backdam.
“Ameer say that ‘Bharrat’ run and shoot at them and he hear a noise from my brother but he couldn’t turn back because ‘Bharrat’ was after him. ‘Ameer’ say that is five shots he fire on them. After my brother fall down, ‘Ameer’ run and come to make his report.”
On Saturday, a search party which included Police officers, went to the location in search of the missing man during which they stumbled upon a bloodstained spot, thus raising some suspicions.
However, on Tuesday the search party discovered the shallow grave with the body therein. The shallow grave was found under a tree a short distance from where the bloodstains were found.
“Me want justice for my brother,” Pravesh Persaud said.
Meanwhile, Police have detained the two friends as the investigation continues.
Only recently, the body of Chetram Ramjattan, called “Buck Crab”, of Kilcoy Settlement, Corentyne, who went missing for four days, was found without his head in a drain close to a house occupied by several Venezuelan nationals.
One week later, Simon Wills, 28, a Venezuelan national, was charged and remanded to prison for the gruesome murder.
Following the discovery of Ramjattan’s headless body, the suspect led the Police inside a house where the head was retrieved. It was reported that the man’s sister last saw him on Saturday, November 25, when he had visited her at her home.
She explained that on that day, her brother had left her house to go visit their other sibling and was going to return, but he never did.
After the discovery of the body was made, she went to the mortuary, where she was told that the body had several stab wounds. (Andrew Carmichael)