The body of 17-year-old Surendra Singh, called “Shambo”, on Monday washed up at the Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara foreshore – one day after he was feared dead after being swept away by a high tide.
Relatives standing near Surendra Singh’s body at the Windsor Forest, WCD foreshore on Monday morning
Guyana Times was informed that his body was found partially submerged, in the same area which he was last seen. This is after the water receded.
On Sunday, Singh and two friends – who are teenage brothers – went out into the Atlantic Ocean to set up their fishing lines in the early morning hours. They were some distance into the water and upon deciding to swim back, the tide rose.
This publication understands that one of the boys made it back safely and signalled that the others were in danger. At the time, Singh was calling out for help and seemingly struggling to stay afloat.
Upon hearing of the incident, a public-spirited citizen used a boat to rescue them, but Singh was already submerged in the water. He was nowhere in sight but the other boy was taken back to safety.
After that, relatives and other nearby persons joined the search for the missing teen. After hours of looking in the high waters and sending a boat with the search party, he was never located.
A relative told Guyana Times on Monday that the family is in deep shock over his untimely death. She noted that it was customary for him to go out on such activities with his friends but he would always return. On the morning he was found, his loved ones were inconsolable. She said they searched the entire night to locate Singh.
“I heard that somebody come and said that he went out with the boys but the tide raise and they searching for him. But by the time people went out and so on, they didn’t see him…This is very hard for us because we didn’t expect anything like this to happen…This morning, we just hear that somebody wash up when the water gone and was him. But whole night, people were out there checking to see if they see him,” she expressed.
The brothers who were with Singh are assisting the police with their investigation. A post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted on his remains. (G12)
