Corentyne fisherman feared dead after falling into Atlantic

A mother is pleading for help in locating her son’s body after he reportedly fell from a fishing vessel into the Atlantic Ocean.
The crew has since returned to shore, but no search party has been formed to try and locate the body of the missing man.
The missing man has been identified as 23-year-old Sanjay Khan of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne – a person
who has been going to sea for the past two years.
The vessel from which he fell left port at Number 66 Fisherman’s Co-op nine days ago, on February 16, and he and the crew were expected back home this week. However, the crew returned on Friday last, but Khan was not with them.
The crew told the man’s family that he had fallen into the Atlantic Ocean and could not be found, and his mother Padmini Deanasiame has said she understands that two fishermen had fallen into the ocean, one of whom was her son.

“Dem say seine hook he foot. He was hauling in fish and the seine hook his foot and throw he overboard. The captain say he didn’t see when my son fall…One time he say that my son and a beat man fall overboard. They save the one, and cut the seine away from my son and let him go along,” she said in detailing what she had been told.
She understands that the men were fishing and were seeking to catch snapper and gillbacker.
In calling for a search party to be organised to at least retrieve her son’s body, Deanasiame has said, “Me want them to search and find my son, because my son go with them, and only them returned. One of them have a mark on his hand; he say seine cut his hand. I don’t know if them lashed my son and throw him over, because if the seine had hook his foot, they could have haul back the seine, but they cut the seine and let him go… That’s why I want my son, to know what dem do am!” the grieving mother has said.
According to the mother of six, Khan had reported to her that he was having issues with crew members and had wanted to quit the job. She said he wanted to find another boat to work on.
Meanwhile, the police have confirmed that a missing person report has been filed for a Guyanese national in Surinamese waters. However, there are no details on the investigation. (G4)