Body of missing Wakenaam man pulled from Essequibo River

Two days after he had gone missing following the capsizing of a boat in the Essequibo River on Thursday evening, the body of 54-year-old Lakeram Kuber of Belle Plaine village in Wakenaam Island, Region Three, has been recovered. His body was discovered a short distance from the island.
It was reported that on Thursday, at about 23:30h, Feroze Amin, 58, of Good Success, Wakenaam Island and Kuber left Wakenaam in a fibreglass boat powered by a 100hp Yamaha outboard engine to go pick up a friend, Floyd Dazzell. However, while the three were returning to Wakanaam, the boat reportedly capsized and submerged. Dazzell and Amin managed to swim to safety, but Kuber did not make it.

Searches were conducted by residents, and the man’s body was recovered. The body has been taken to a funeral home to await a post mortem examination.