Efforts to locate a three-man crew who were on board the fishing vessel, ‘Captain Sunil’, continued yesterday as two boats found at Morawhanna shed no light on the mystery.
Brothers Jairam Surujpaul, 42, and Jirgodhan Surujpaul, both of Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara and their cousin, Lochan Teserdeen of Madewini, East Bank Demerara left on July 31 on the fishing vessel. Since then their families have not heard from them and searches in the past few days failed to find any sign.
Stabroek News understands that police on the East Coast of Demerara contacted the owner of the vessel Winston Goriah with information that two vessels had been found in the Morawhanna area in the North West District.
Goriah told Stabroek News yesterday that the vessels did not belong to him, based on the description provided by the law enforcement officers. He said the two boats which were found in the area were 50 feet and 40 feet in length while his vessel, was less than 40 feet. The Coast Guard has also been in touch with him and he noted too that he continued to search for his boat and the missing men along the Coastland yesterday but his efforts were in vain.
The man said that he has almost exhausted his finances in the search efforts.
On Thursday last, the matter was reported to the Vigilance Police Station after the men were presumed missing following the one-day trip and on Saturday, Goriah said an aerial exercise was carried out to determine the men’s location.
The Surujpauls relatives said that they had heard nothing since the men had left on the trip but they all expressed hope that the men would reunite with family members. They said that the brothers had left on the afternoon of July 31 and according to them, were supposed to return the next day. This newspaper has made fruitless attempts to obtain a comment from Ramdass’ relatives over the past few days.
