Skeldon factory worker drowns on the job

A Skeldon sugar factory worker on Friday last drowned in a canal in the Skeldon back lands whilst he was on duty.

An autopsy performed on Gopaul Jagdeo, 55  ,of Lot 71 #59 village showed that the man died of asphyxia due to drowning. The post-mortem examination was done by Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan at the Skeldon Hospital yesterday.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Stabroek News yesterday, Rosita Gopaul 32,