Pensioner found dead in home by neighbour

The body of 72-year-old Chandradat Jaikaran of Number 64 Village, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), was discovered on Friday afternoon by his neighbour, who went to check on him.
According to reports, Jaikaran, who lived alone in a one-storey wooden and concrete house, died sometime between 17:20 and 19:30h.
The dead man’s neighbour told Police that the pensioner was a known alcoholic and would usually be at home making a lot of noise while behaving in a disorderly manner. On Friday, she said that she heard cursing as he was sitting on his stairway.
Sometime later, the woman said the man became silent and she suspected something was amiss since he would usually be cursing and behaving disorderly for hours.
This caused her to investigate. She told investigators that she took her torchlight and aimed the light in the pensioner’s direction. She saw him lying motionlessly in his yard with blood oozing from his mouth. An alarm was raised and the man was taken to Skeldon Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
It was also reported that a bruise was seen on the man’s left knee. An investigation has been launched.
Only two days ago, the lifeless body of an 81-year-old man was discovered at his North Sophia, Greater Georgetown premises in a state of decomposition.
He was identified as Budhan Singh, a pensioner of Block R North Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
Based on reports received, the now dead man lived alone at the said address for a number of years. His daughter, who lives on the East Coast of Demerara, told detectives that she visited him on January 14, 2021.
However, she returned on Thursday and called out to her father but her calls went unanswered. Suspecting that something was amiss, she requested assistance to break the door in order to enter the house.
In doing so, she found her father’s decomposing body lying on the bed without clothes.
The Police were contacted and upon arriving at the scene, they inspected the body for marks of violence but none was seen. He was later taken to Lyken’s Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem. (G9)