A post-mortem is expected to be performed on the skeletal remains of Sookram Ragabir, called “Baayun”, which were discovered last Thursday on a vacant plot of land in a clump of bushes at Waterloo, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice.
The man had been missing since August. He was never reported as a missing person. According to his sister Rohanie Dkharam, he did odd jobs and most of the times stayed at the place where he worked.
According to her, in August, he was working with the owner of a supermarket performing security duties.
Missing
She said her brother had been doing that job for several months and they only learnt that he was missing after the owner of the supermarket came in August to ask if he was at home.
She said the supermarket owner was preparing for a wedding and was seeking his assistance to cut bamboo. “But we tell him that Baayun is with him so he can’t come and ask for him.”
It was then she explained that family members started a search. She said they searched several villages and worksites for months.
Another sister, Jasmattie Dkharram noted that the search took them to New Amsterdam. “Somebody tell us that he might be in the National Psychiatric Hospital and so we went there and look.”
Dkharam said on another occasion, they visited ‘old folks’ home in New Amsterdam in search of her brother.
According to her, her now dead brother did have some abnormalities.
She said it was a male cousin who called on Thursday and said that they found somebody’s skeleton.
According to Dkharam, when he arrived on the scene, he told investigators that his brother-in-law had been missing and provided some details.
When Guyana Times International visited the area on Sunday, the unpleasant smell was still evident.
Dkharam is of the view that there are still other bones in the area and wants all of them to be buried properly.
Ragabir leaves to mourn three sisters and one brother.
He would have celebrated his birthday on Thursday. Police are investigating the matter.
