THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Rishi ‘Sanjay’ Ramkisoon of 162 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara who reportedly committed suicide by hanging died from asphyxiation (suffocation), according to the post mortem performed by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Speaking with this publication, the teen’s father, Rajnauth Ramkisoon, reiterated that he doesn’t know what really was running through his son’s head, because the incident was a shock and surprise for him.
The man said that Rishi was loved and he was his only son. “I believe is the devil tell him to do it because he is not that type of person who thinks that way. I love my son and I can’t believe he gone,” the father said sadly.
On April 1, the boy’s body was found hanging in his room by his father around 06:30hrs. According to reports, ‘Sanjay’ got up about 06:00hrs and he took off his clothes and threw them outside and went back to sleep.

A relative said that later his father was about to wake him up for school when he discovered that the lad was hanging in his room with a sheet tied to his neck. When neighbours heard his parents screaming they rushed to assist the family in resuscitating the teenager but he was already dead. He was a 2nd Form student of Golden Grove Secondary.

(By Asif Hakim)