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Relatives have reason to believe man was poisoned

Feb 07, 2010 News

… Skeletal remains at New Hope

Close relatives of 49-year-old Davenand Singh, whose skeletal remains were found on Monday last at New Hope backland, East Bank Demerara, said they have a strong belief that Singh was poisoned.
One of the man’s sons, Randy Singh, told this newspaper that close relatives with whom his father was staying with at the time of his disappearance, confided to him that his father was poisoned.
Randy said that they were also informed that his father’s remains were found since the day before the police were called in. He noted, too, that from all that is being revealed no hunter took the man’s stepdaughter to the remains but apparently some persons were aware that the remains were there a while.
The son, who is also in the medical field, said that the story told to the family and the police is not consistent with his medical knowledge.
Randy Singh said that if it was a case as the hunter explained, then his father’s remains would not have been in the position it was found.
“My father’s remains were found just lying straight with hands straight down to the side and legs together like he was placed there. If he was seen earlier rolling in the grass begging for water, it is likely that his skeletal remains would have been found in a fetal position,” Randy concluded.
The man said that his father suffered a very abusive relation with his stepmother. The man said that many of his friends who are all in the medical profession also expressed similar views about the position of the remains when they were found.
Meanwhile, the post mortem which was performed on the remains, was inconclusive since all of the organs had already been completely decomposed.
On Monday last, Singh’s skeletal remains were found some three kilometers down in the New Hope, East Bank Demerara backlands. The man’s relatives had formed a search party for him after he had been missing for some three weeks.
The family had received information that a hunter in the area had seen Singh in the backlands begging for water. However, he got no assistance.
The man was last seen alive on January 2, last. Relatives had suspected that Singh was having a nervous breakdown and were preparing to take him for professional help.
While at his stepdaughter’s home in new Hope, he jumped over her fence and fled into the backlands and that was the last time he was seen alive.

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