Fifty-six-year-old Deochan Rai, who had been reported missing for more than two weeks, was on Friday morning found dead in the backdam at East Canje.
Rai, who lived alone at Betsy Ground, East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was last seen on June 18. The cane harvester had left home to attend to his farm some eight miles into the backdam.
His son, Krishnarine Rai told this publication on Friday that he received information from two of his colleagues at about 09:30h about the discovery of the body.
Along with friends and the police they ventured into the backdam and the man’s son was able to identify his father.
“I know from the clothes that my father get on and from the parts of the body that were there – the back. According to the police it is stage four decompose. One of the hands already decay,” the son said.
The man had gone into the backdam and reportedly left with another neighbour, a man called ‘Jug Neck’.
Family members related that the man returned after lunch on the same day but the cane harvester did not. Another neighbour said it was only three days later she realised that Rai never returned home and as such,
The man’s bicycle that was found days after he was reported missing
she contacted his family.
A search party which consisted of more than two dozen persons went into the backdam to look for the missing man but they came up empty-handed.
Last Thursday they found his father’s bicycle.
Police are waiting on the results of an autopsy to be performed on the body. Investigations are ongoing. (G4)
