AN autopsy report has confirmed that alcoholic Parmanand Dhanraj of Lot 9, Edinburg Village, died as a result of self-suspension (hanging).A post-mortem was performed by Government Pathologist, Dr. Vivikanand Brijmohan at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Wednesday.

The findings have erased speculation by some relatives that the married father of one; was murdered.
Last Sunday, thirty-eight-year-old, Parmanand Dhanraj was found suspended underneath his home at East Bank Berbice at approximately 06:15hrs.
The discovery was made by a passerby, who raised an alarm before informing sleuths at the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam.
Dhanraj lived alone and was last seen on Saturday afternoon at 16:30hrs when he was consuming a half bottle of white rum.
Dhanraj was a labourer who did odd jobs in the community.
Investigators said that the man had utilised a piece of rope from his hammock to make the hangman’s noose, which he used to hang himself.

The motionless body had been taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.