Body of missing miner found floating in Mazaruni River

The lifeless body of a miner attached to Mohan Singh’s mining operation at Makarie Backdam, Region Seven, was found floating in the Mazaruni River on Monday.
Dead is 30-year-old Renold Rodrigues of River’s View, West Bank Demerara (WBD)
Police stated that at about 16:00h on Sunday, Singh was reportedly on site with his six workers, including Rodrigues. At the time, Rodrigues was working at the sluice box while Singh and the other employees were in the mining pit setting up the impeller.
However, when Singh and his workers exited the mining pit, there was no sight of Rodrigues. As such, a search was launched but he was not found.
Meanwhile, at about 09:00h on Monday, Singh got into his speedboat and left the camp and as he was heading to Bartica, he received a telephone call from one of his workers who informed him that Rodrigues’ body was found floating in the river.
As a result, Singh proceeded to the Bartica Police Station where he reported the matter. He stated that the sluice box is about 1000 feet away from the river bank.
Detectives from Bartica were dispatched to the area to conduct an investigation.