Missing Berbice father and son still not found

– Men could not swim but son tried saving father

The father and son who have been missing since Friday afternoon and are feared drowned, could not swim. This was revealed by family members of the missing men.
Those missing and feared drowned are 63-year-old Rajindra Singh and his 24-year-old son, Reekesh Singh both of Number Three Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice (WBB), Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice).
The incident occurred in the vicinity of Everton, East Bank Berbice (EBB), Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) at about 15:30h on Friday.
The wife, and mother, of the two, Hematite Singh. told this publication that despite her husband being a pensioner and her son a security guard attached to Blairmont Sugar Estate, they would go hunting for iguanas to sell.
They were among a crew of five that left on Saturday morning from a sluice at Blairmont to hunt.
The group crossed the Berbice River in their 15-foot vessel, and on the eastern side of the river they were successful in capturing one iguana, then decided to cross the river again to continue their hunting on the western bank of the river.
The crew consisted of the Singhs, the boat captain – Sarju Persaud called ‘Popo’ aged 48, Mahatma Dhanraj called ‘Romio’ 37, a cane harvester both of Number Four Settlement Blairmont, along with Dhanraj’s little son, Mark.
According to the boat captain, the rough waves caused some water to wash into the boat, which was a little larger that a canoe. This caused Dhanraj to jump out and the boat became unbalanced then capsized.
Persaud said the older Singh was close to him in the water and he tried to assist him but had to let go due to the strong current.
He said he noticed from the corner of his eye that the younger Singh had almost made it to shore and focused on saving himself. When we got to shore the younger Singh was not there, nor was his father.
The boat captain said he was told by Dhanraj that the son “heard his father hollering and went back to help him and he went down too.”
Meanwhile, both the captain and Dhanraj have been released from police custody.
The Coast Guard and police assisted with the search but have since been unable to recover the two men.
Villagers also combed the area on Saturday but they too have not been able to locate the missing men.
The search continues.