Overseas-based Guyanese found dead on bed

A Police investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jerol Sooroojnauth, an overseas-based Guyanese whose body was discovered in his Port Mourant, Berbice, Corentyne home on Thursday.
Based on reports received, the now dead man’s wife found him lying motionlessly on his bed in the wee hours of Thursday.
She immediately raised an alarm and the matter was promptly reported to the Whim Police Station. The man was subsequently taken to the Port Mourant Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police confirmed that Sooroojnauth and his wife travelled to Guyana on March 1, 2021, to spend some time. His body was taken to Ramoo’s Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem.
Earlier in the week, it was reported that the lifeless body of 51-year-old Deonarine Ishtar, also called “Ravi”, a labourer of Smithfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was pulled from the Canje River.
It was reported that the now dead man was with other men at Tucber Park in New Amsterdam, awaiting the arrival of a boat that would transport two sheep into the Canje River, when he reportedly took off his clothes and told the others that he was going to take a swim.
While the others went about their business, Ishtar went into the water and swam to the other side of the Canje River, where he reportedly held on to some grass near the river’s bank.
However, about 20 minutes after, the boat arrived and the men went across the river to collect Ishtar, but instead, they found his motionless body floating in the water.
His body was placed in the wooden boat and taken to shore. Police were contacted, and upon inspecting the body, there found no marks of violence.