-calls for further probe
The cause of death of Enmore North fisherman Lakeram ‘Narro’ Parsram has been given as drowning, fuelling suspicion among members of his family that they were misled about the circumstances of how he was killed.
Parsram, 29, of Sheriga, Enmore North, East Coast Demerara, was found on November 21, fitted in a drain aback of a mechanic shop, a short distance away from his home. There was a laceration to his head.
The post-mortem examination was conducted on Monday but due to the failure of the police to provide Pathologist Nehaul Singh with necessary information, he could not prepare his report and as a result, the family was not given the results.
Stabroek News spoke to the dead man’s mother, Chandrawattie Singh, who said that she received the report yesterday and she was told to take it to the Ministry of Health. She said she did not know why she was asked to do so.
The woman said she believed her son’s fatal injury was one to the neck, which she assumed was broken. However, she pointed out that when suspicions are raised with the police handling the matter, they are told that “the police always right”. Recalling the issue of the police not preparing a proper report for the pathologist, the woman said she was informed by the lawmen that they were unaware whether or not her son had died and as a result they only wrote the time and location he was found.
When this newspaper spoke to the dead man’s sister, Rookmini Parsram, she questioned the police’s course of action on the day of the discovery, given their statements of them being unaware whether the man was dead or unconscious when he was found. “If they didn’t know if he dead why they call a hearse? Why they didn’t call an ambulance?” the woman asked.
According to her, the laceration on her brother’s head appeared to have been caused by a steel pipe of some sort and from his position in the drain, there was no sign of a struggle as one would expect if someone was drowning. “That’s something. He can’t drown in a little drain with a little water… some money pass there… you can see that he ain’t fight up how he was in this drain. They actually do he something and leave him there,” she suggested.
Parsram said the family wants further investigations to be done into the matter but does not know where to turn for this as they have given up hope in the police. “We want to find out more about this thing but the police done say how they never wrong so we don’t know what is our next move,” she said.
The woman further stated that they were informed by the police that no one was held in connection with the man’s death.
Family members had previously told this newspaper that they believe they know who is responsible for the fisherman’s death. Singh had said she indicated this to the police and was told that only after the autopsy was completed that they could use the information and take the investigation to another level. However, the woman said that now that the autopsy is complete and the police have not yet taken any other course of action, she believes her son’s case will go down as another unsolved matter.
