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Missing crew members…Boat owner to identify body found in Suriname today
The owner of ‘Ms. Seema,’ the abandoned fishing boat which was discovered on the foreshore at Whim, Corentyne Berbice without its crew members, left Guyana yesterday to identify the body found in Suriname.
Kaieteur News understands that less than a day after the boat was found, ranks from Suriname informed local police officers that a semi decomposed body had washed up on their foreshore.
The fishing boat which is owned by Beeram Persaud of Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was supposed to return after 12 days with the captain Rajin, and crew members: Prakash, as well as Ramesh and Naresh Persaud, along with one other man, but did not.
However, at around 16:30 hrs last Thursday, the abandoned vessel was discovered on the foreshore at Whim, Corentyne, Berbice with the men’s clothing, hats and haversacks.
There was no seine, fish or anchor, leaving investigators to believe that it was another piracy attack. However, the engine was intact along with the boat’s registration.
Asked whether the body could have been one of the three missing fishermen who were reportedly kicked into Suriname’s water on July 8 last when pirates stripped their vessel, a source told Kaieteur News that based on the description they have received, that might not be the case.
“The body is not so decomposed, so it cannot be any of the fishermen from that attack,”
Feroze Hack, the lone survivor from the July 8 piracy attack, alleged that at around 22:00 hrs that night three masked pirates stripped their fishing boat before attacking and kicking them overboard somewhere in Suriname.
He said that he survived the horrific attack by floating in the water. Hack said that he does not to know what happened to his crew members after the pirates drove their boat over them.
One week after the incident, the body of one of the fishermen, Andrew Gopie, washed up on the Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara foreshore.
Those still missing are Vinesh Drunarine of Uitvlugt, Raymond Gomes and Chandrapaul Jallim of Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara.
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