Second missing fisherman’s body found

Jan 17, 2013 News

The second missing fisherman’s body was discovered around 16:00 hrs yesterday by a search party.

The body of Naim Chand Ram, 42, of Train Line Dam, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice, was discovered at the mouth of the Berbice River.
Earlier, Ram’s elder brother, Hemchand Dowlatram, 52, of Long Dam, Hog Town, Kilcoy, Corentyne, was found on Tuesday. The two men were reported missing after they went out on a fishing expedition on Monday morning that should have lasted no more than a day.

Hemchand Dowlatram

The men were reported missing after they did not return around the scheduled time and it was suspected that they had encountered difficulties in the raging spring tide that swept the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.
Dowlatram’s body was discovered in the Borlam area. When he was found he was clad only in his underwear. His foot was entangled in a fishing seine some distance away from his boat.
Ram’s body was spotted floating around the mouth of the Berbice River in the vicinity of the Berbice River Bridge by fishermen from the Rosignol area who were also on the lookout for the body after word circulated that the men had gone missing.
The brothers, who recently started working on their own and had taken a loan from IPED to invest into the business, were spotted by fellow fishers on Monday encountering difficulties. However due to the turbulent waters, the other fishermen hustled to shore.
Inmatie Gopaul stated that her husband Dowlatram, a father of two, was a fisherman all his life. Sometimes he worked by himself and at other times he would go out with a team on the bigger boats.
Jasmattie Ram, the wife of Naim Chand Ram, and mother of five- three girls and two boys aged 10. 7, 6, 4 and 2, was in tears when she spoke about her husband.
She said that her husband was the sole bread winner of the family.