Labourer found dead in trench with suspected gunshot wound

Police in Berbice are investigating the death of a labourer who was fished out of a canal with a suspected gunshot wound to his back.

The dead man has been identified as Sasenarine Baljit, known as ‘Frying Pan,’ 41, of Clifton Settlement, Port Mourant, Corentyne, who is suspected to have been fatally wounded after gunplay in the Tain backlands on Tuesday.

Stabroek News was told that Baljit’s co-worker, Navindra Permaul, 39, of Lot 121 Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant,