Police are investigating the drowning of 47-year-old Paul Bahadur, a salesman from Canje, Berbice, which occurred on 2024-07-23 at Orealla Village, Corentyne River.
In a statement, the police said that investigations have so far revealed that Bahadur resided in East Canje, Berbice and would normally sell pots and other kitchen utensils in the village of Orealla.
On Saturday, July 21, 2024, at about 11 am, Bahadur, along with three other salesmen, Michael Balgobin, age 34; Brian Chand, age 18; and Ricky Jaimangal, age 19, travelled to Orealla to walk and sell pots and other utensils.
On Tuesday, July 23 2024, at about 7.30 am, they went to the Orealla boat stelling to leave their utensils on the passenger boat and then proceeded over to the village of Siparuta.
According to Balgobin, Bahadur was intoxicated and as he was about to jump on to the boat, he slipped and fell into the water. They then heard a loud splashing sound in the river.
Upon checking, they discovered Bahadur was nowhere to be seen. The captain, Niel Jittoo, was alerted, and a search party was formed.
At about 1.30 pm on 2024/07/23, the search party found the body of Bahadur. No foul play is suspected. A post-mortem examination is slated to be conducted.
Investigations continue.