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BERBICE sleuths are continuing their investigation into the death of Satish Kisten, known as Dingo, a 29-year old weedier attached to Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) Providence Estate, on the East Bank of Berbice.Reports revealed that Kisten, along with four workmates were clearing a canal at the famous ‘Three Bridge’, south of Glasgow Village, when he went missing, shortly before 12:30 hours on Friday. Prior to the incident, the weeding gang was in process of cleaning the recently dug, four-metre deep waterway, which is approximately 700 metres off the main East Bank thoroughfare.
An eyewitness ‘Jaichan’ said that his colleague Kisten was last seen walking into the canal in a bid to resume work after a brief break.
The job is a dangerous one, you had to walk in then swim before grasping at the weeds, and cutting .You had to be a good swimmer to survive. Satish worked for about 10 years as a weeder.’
According to Jaichan, ‘I was clearing another end, and was working towards him, but on raising my head I did not see him. I called his name, but there was not response .I went to the area where he was walking and all I saw was his cap afloat. I called out to the others, and they came .We then found his lifeless body, which persons helped pull out of the canal.’
Witnesses on seeing the body is of the opinion that the deceased was bitten on his neck by a venomous snake. His workmates lamented his death, and remarked how unfortunate was his demise, while noting he was a good swimmer.
At his home at Brother’s Village, his wife recalled receiving the message of his demise at about 14:30 hours on Friday .She was at work in Georgetown, when several person telephones asking whether she was alright. However, she was engaged with her cooking that she did not have time to ponder on the strangeness of the frequent calls, it was until a relative telephone and informed her of her husband death that she realized why the phone was ringing so often.
She counted that her spouse of eight years had been very supportive to their children Shawn age four, and Seena age seven years, and she is questioning what her future would be like, since she worked at away from home and he would care for their children in her absence.
A post mortem will be conducted next week.
An eyewitness ‘Jaichan’ said that his colleague Kisten was last seen walking into the canal in a bid to resume work after a brief break.The job is a dangerous one, you had to walk in then swim before grasping at the weeds, and cutting .You had to be a good swimmer to survive. Satish worked for about 10 years as a weeder.’
According to Jaichan, ‘I was clearing another end, and was working towards him, but on raising my head I did not see him. I called his name, but there was not response .I went to the area where he was walking and all I saw was his cap afloat. I called out to the others, and they came .We then found his lifeless body, which persons helped pull out of the canal.’
Witnesses on seeing the body is of the opinion that the deceased was bitten on his neck by a venomous snake. His workmates lamented his death, and remarked how unfortunate was his demise, while noting he was a good swimmer.
At his home at Brother’s Village, his wife recalled receiving the message of his demise at about 14:30 hours on Friday .She was at work in Georgetown, when several person telephones asking whether she was alright. However, she was engaged with her cooking that she did not have time to ponder on the strangeness of the frequent calls, it was until a relative telephone and informed her of her husband death that she realized why the phone was ringing so often.
She counted that her spouse of eight years had been very supportive to their children Shawn age four, and Seena age seven years, and she is questioning what her future would be like, since she worked at away from home and he would care for their children in her absence.
A post mortem will be conducted next week.
