The Police yesterday said that they are investigating the death by drowning of Ramesh Ramphal, age 28 years, a carpenter of Lot 142 Britannia Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB).
The incident occurred on 2022-02-07 about 17:00 hrs at the eastern side of Tempe Canal, WCB.
Investigations so far have revealed that on the date and time Ramphal and his girlfriend were swimming. She told detectives that they were on the western side of the Canal when Ramphal walked over to the eastern side and backflipped into the said Canal and did not come up.
A search party was formed and it found Ramphal stuck in the mud at the said area where he allegedly backflipped.
A post-mortem examination has since revealed that Ramphal died as a result of drowning, his father, Marvin Ramphal, 52, yesterday said.
The father told Stabroek News that his son was a good swimmer and he would often go swimming at the said canal. However, he suspected that the young carpenter may have hit himself when he backflipped into the canal. The young man was described as hardworking and jovial.
