An afternoon swim turned deadly for a man who plunged to his death off the Kitty Seawall on Sunday.
The lifeless body of Ramesh Ramdeen before it was removed
Reports are sometime around 12:30h, the lifeless body of Ramesh Ramdeen, 52, also called “Rabbi” of Lot 106 Shell Road, Kitty, Georgetown, was fished out of the Atlantic Ocean moments after he was seen getting into the water.
The dead man’s brother speaking with Guyana Times at the scene said he received a call sometime after 12:00h and was informed of his older brother’s death.
According to younger Ramdeen, his brother, who had neither wife nor children, would usually spend time at the Kitty Seawall doing odd jobs. He could not say what he was doing there at the time. “Years ago he was a very good swimmer, but for the past ten years he has not been swimming,” the brother said.
He said he was told by an eyewitness, who was also a close friend of the dead man, that Ramesh had passed him on the seawall going to swim. He said a few young boys who also went to swim informed him that “a man drowning out deh”.
The friend went to investigate and found his friend’s body “floating with froth coming out his mouth”. According to younger Ramdeen, the man would usually consume alcohol, and had been allegedly drinking prior to going into the water.
When Guyana Times arrived on the scene, a small crowd had gathered around the man’s body which was covered with his clothes. Porters from the Lyken’s Funeral Home later took the body away. A post-mortem is expected to be performed on the man’s body today.
