Mechanic feared drowned after plunging into Demerara River

A mechanic of Land of Cannan, East Bank Demerara (EBD), is missing after reportedly jumping into the Demerara River on Monday afternoon.
Missing is Vishal Narine.
Reports are that Narine, who was said to be intoxicated at the time, plunged into the river around 16:50h, ignoring calls from his cousin and other relatives who ran after him.
As of Tuesday afternoon, his body had not been recovered, and his family is not only grief-stricken but also frustrated with the police, who they claim have done little to help locate him.
According to Narine’s cousin, Lilawattie Sancharra who spoke with Guyana Times, the 26-year-old mechanic had been drinking heavily throughout Monday morning.
He had stopped by her home earlier in the day and asked her for $500, but when she refused, he became irritated. She explained that she was not going to give him money for more alcohol, since he was already intoxicated.
She said she told him firmly, “No money for you. You already drunk already.”

Sancharra said her refusal sparked an argument, and at the height of his frustration, Narine took a glass bottle that had alcohol, broke it, and began cutting himself, inflicting multiple wounds on his hands and body.
Later that afternoon, at approximately 16:30 to 16:50h, the woman said Narine walked away from the house, heading toward the Demerara River. She said she immediately sensed something was wrong. Knowing that he was drunk and not in the right state of mind, she ran after him, along with her son and other relatives.
As they followed, she said she repeatedly called out to him, shouting, “Vishal, Vishal! Wait on me! I’m coming! Come for the money!” But he ignored her. She said by the time she reached the wharf near the Demerara River; it was too late.
She explained that while standing on the wharf, she watched in horror as Narine plunged into the Demerara River. At first, his head remained above the water, and then, in what would be his final moments, he raised his hands in the air and called out, not to her, but to her youngest son.
“Justin! Justin!” she claimed he shouted. And with that, she claimed he went under once more and never resurfaced.
His family, overcome with panic and fear, said they began searching immediately and made a call to the police at the Timehri Police Station, hoping to spot him in the water. She said they even returned to the riverbank twice that night, hoping he would resurface, but saw nothing.
By Tuesday morning, they went back out, still searching for any sign of him, but there was none. Realising that time was slipping away, they turned to the police, hoping they would help coordinate a search or assist in recovering his body. Instead, she claimed that they were met with frustration and disappointment.
“When we went to the police, they were no help,” his cousin said. “They keep asking us if we went and look for him….”.
However, when family members returned to the station around 13:00h on Tuesday, they discovered that the officer who had taken the initial report was not there. She said they were made to retell the entire story to a different officer.