A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Mehaboob ‘Papo’ Alli, the 57-year-old fisherman of Canal Number One, who died shortly after he was hit in the chest by a person living near him, determined that he died from cardiac arrest.
According to a police press release, the post-mortem examination was performed by Dr Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary.
Early Tuesday morning, Alli had confronted a man known as ‘Cheeso’ about an incident that occurred on Monday night in which Cheeso had allegedly hit Alli’s son.
An argument ensued between the two men and Cheeso hit Alli in the chest with a piece of wood.
Alli complained about chest pain and he was rushed to a city hospital but he died shortly after arriving there.