Homeless man discovered dead at Wales

Police are probing the death of a 68-year-old West Bank Demerara vagrant who is believed to have died sometime between Wednesday night and yesterday morning. The deceased’s body was discovered with what appeared to be burn marks to the left side of his body.

The dead man has since been identified as Chatterpaul Budhiprasad also known as ‘Quarry’.

According to police Budhiprasad, who has no fixed place of abode, was discovered about 6am yesterday by a passerby, lying on a stall at Wales, West Bank Demerara, with what looked like burn marks about his body. As such, the individual informed the police.