A 25-YEAR-OLD farm worker and cash crop farmer of Lovely Lass Village, West Coast Berbice, was found hanging by his neck with his hands tied behind his back at his home around 13:00 hrs on Tuesday.

The dead man has been identified as Rohit Devnarine, and he reportedly lived alone at his home in an isolated area at the southern edge of the village. A reliable source said that given the circumstances of the man’s hands tied behind his back the Police are treating the matter as homicide.

Neighbours said that around noon yesterday they saw the door to the man’s house slightly ajar but he was not seen moving around as usual. After some time had elapsed they decided to make a check on him and made the tragic discovery.

“He was fully dressed in his street clothes, a white shirt and jeans, and was hanging by his neck and his hands were firmly tied behind his back with a yellow cord to one side as if he was trying to free himself,” one of the neighbours who made the discovery said.
Devnarine’s mother, Mrs Shamoon Jameer, who resides some distance away at # 22 Village, WCB, said that she last saw her son late Monday evening when he visited her and they chatted and he ate some food. He did not seem in any way depressed and he left for home shortly after finishing his meal.

She said that she was at work yesterday when she received a telephone call telling her of the discovery of her son hanging from the roof of his home. She said that Rohit was one of eight children and that he was a quiet and cheerful person who was always beneficially occupied, either doing his cash crop farming or working in the rice fields. The bereaved mother said she was certain that a person or persons had murdered her son though as far as she knew he had no known enemies.

Devnarine leaves to mourn his son, Nemar Devnarine. His remains are at the mortuary at Fort Wellington and the Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death.