PARMESHWAR Dat Ramanand, a 47-year-old labourer of Perseverance, drowned in a drainage canal in the village Thursday night.

The father of four who was employed by Golden Fleece Rice Investment, also on Essequibo Coast, had been riding home along a dam when he accidentally rode into the waterway.

His floating swollen corpse was discovered by a little boy yesterday morning.

Shireen Dial said she suspected something had happened to her husband after he did not return, at 18:00 h, as usual every day from work.

Police are investigating his death.