A brother of the Guyanese fisherman who is still missing and feared dead from the second piracy attack is calling on the authorities in Guyana to launch a search in the Corentyne River, and routes which are closest to Suriname waters for his brother.
Hardeo Beechan, called Ganesh, 32, was the captain of the boat which was attacked last Wednesday night, out on the coast of the Matapica Canal, approximately eight miles from the mouth of the Paramaribo River. The man was reportedly chopped and thrown overboard by his attackers, while the other crew members were later found and taken to safety.
However, his brother Ganeshram Beechan, 38, of Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice, yesterday explained to Stabroek News that the survivors of the attack had told relatives in Suriname that they last saw the wounded Beechan in the attackers’ boat when they escaped at sea.
