THE decomposed body of a man who was reported missing since Old Year’s Day was discovered in a weed-infested trench at Anna Regina Saturday morning.According to reports, the body was found while an excavator operator was clearing weeds from a drainage trench.

A sister of the missing man identified his body at the scene. She said that her 49-year-old brother, Jaglall, was the father of two children and lived at Bush Lot Village behind the Anna Regina Multilateral School.
The sister who is known as ‘Sheila’ said her brother who was separated from his wife several years ago was missing since Old Year’s Day and she made several searches for him across the Essequibo Coast in the hope of finding him alive.
She said upon hearing the news that a body was found in a trench, she rushed to the scene where a large crowd had gathered on the public road and identified the body.
Police officers removed the body to the Suddie mortuary and are conducting investigations into the death of the man, who is said to be an alcoholic.

(By Rajendra Prabhulall)