Patentia man found dead in trench

Two hours after leaving to go to church, the body of an epileptic man was fished out of a drain at Patentia, West Bank Demerara that he had apparently fallen into.

Dead is Khemraj Ramnauth, 58, of 26 Patentia East. Relatives said that he suffered from epilepsy. The man’s body was discovered around midday yesterday by a girl who observed the body in a weed-filled drain and raised the alarm. Persons rushed to the scene and called the police. It is believed that the man suffered a seizure and fell into the drain without anyone noticing. Ramnauth’s sister, Shamna, at whose home he resided told this newspaper that her brother usually went to church on Sundays. She stated that yesterday he left at 9 am and shortly after midday she received a telephone call from her brother who told her what had happened.

Ramnauth’s body was transported to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.