Mahaicony teen chopped, thrown into river

Neeraj Michael

The body of a teen was pulled from the Mahaicony River yesterday morning with suspected chop wounds to his head and a man has been arrested by the police in connection with the incident.

Dead is 19-year-old Neeraj Michael, a farm hand of Bottom, Cham-pagne, Mahaicony, who had left his home on Monday to go to a wedding. His body was retriev-ed from the Mahaicony River sometime around 9.30am yesterday.

According to a police press release, Michael had a misunderstanding with some persons at the function and later left with other persons in a boat.