PM confirms teen carpenter drowned

A post mortem performed on the body of 18-year-old Yodesh Inderjit of Number 71 Village, Corentyne, confirmed that the teen died by drowning.
Government pathologist Dr Vevikanand Bridgehohan, who performed the autopsy on Wednesday at the Skeldon Hospital mortuary, said the cause of death was due to drowning.
Inderjit’s lifeless body was fished out of the Atlantic on Monday afternoon by his father, after the teen had disappeared beneath the murky water.
The teen’s father, Loknauth Narine, said his son and two friends left home around 15:00h on Monday to catch ‘wisy wisy’ ducks on the seashore.
An hour later he received information stating that his son had drowned, and he immediately rushed to the scene where he was shown the area where the teen went under the water and did not resurface.
Narine said he and others searched the area and, within minutes, found the lifeless body which was submerged.
The teen’s body was taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
One of his friends related that they were swimming when one of them fell into a deep section of water.
While the other friend was attempting to rescue him, Inderjit was behind and might have been kicked in the stomach during the struggle, causing him to go under.
The teen’s mother, Roopawattie Latchman, said that it is very difficult for her to accept that her son drowned since he was considered an excellent swimmer.