A FOURTH  day of searching yesterday for the missing fisherman who was tossed into the Atlantic Ocean by masked pirates Wednesday last  has proven futile, causing fading hopes for the recovery of his remains.Veteran fisherman Mohamed ‘Saeed’ Yusuph, 61, of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was tossed overboard by pirates who attacked his boat while he was fishing off the Corentyne coast in Guyana’s waters.
The masked pirates subsequently attacked and hijacked another boat  which they used to tow away his boat and  make good their escape.
They left the  surviving crew stranded in the vessel they had used in their attack.
One of the  crew managed to contact colleagues by cell-phone, and they were subsequently rescued.
His son-in-law, Feroze Singh told Chronicle Saturday  that Yusuph’s colleagues had turned out in large numbers to assist in efforts to recover his body over the past four days.
Saturday  night, Yusuph’s  wife, Mrs Zohora Yusuph said that she had resigned herself to the fact that he may be dead.
“We know that he could not have survived in the Atlantic. All  we  praying for now  is that they can find he body so that we can get a chance to say goodbye,” she said.
Relatives yesterday, however, sadly admitted that the possibility of recovering his remains from the Atlantic were fading.
“The piracy took place far out in the Atlantic and he may have been carried out further, making  the recovery almost impossible,” a relative said.
Meanwhile it was confirmed that two suspects were  arrested by the police  and  are  assisting in investigations into the piracy and the suspected murder of the fisherman.
The  two suspects were reportedly  found in the missing fisherman’s boat and police are looking for three  accomplices.

By Clifford Stanley