FAIYAZ Narinedatt, a 26-year-old father of two, was discovered dead on the #70 Public Road, Upper Corentyne, East Berbice at around 03:30hrs on Tuesday.The marks of violence found on the body have led relatives to believe that he was murdered and his body was placed on the roadway to make his death appear to be due to an accident.

An uncle, Chandradat Datt, said he received a call informing that there had been an accident and advising that a body was on the roadway. He said he went to the scene and found the body lying face down on the roadway, so he turned it over to see who it was and whether the person was still alive. To his surprise, he saw that it was his nephew. He said he noticed what appeared to be tyre marks on the roadway where the body was found, but he does not believe a vehicle had run over his nephew; as, based on where the tyre tracks stopped, the dead man’s head would have been crushed.

“When me go me see the body still a bleed, abbie turn him and recognise that he ah me brother son. Me check fuh see if he still living, and me cover am wid wan sheet. When me watch fuh see what happen, me see wan tyre impression like it reverse weh the blood deh…it deh like a car reverse, but if he been run over ah boy head, he head and body would a damage up… No car na run over me brother son!”

Datt said that, upon closer examination of the body, he saw several scratches and bruises that appeared to have been inflicted by someone. This prompted him to start investigating, and he learnt that his nephew had been at a party hosted by an overseas-based Guyanese. That party was ongoing for the past three days, with Monday being its biggest day, and with proceedings being kept in the street a short distance away. He said that upon arrival there, he noticed several broken pickets scattered around, but he was told by police ranks that he could not stick around, and so he had to leave the premises.

Datt is adamant that his nephew had been the victim of a homicide, and that efforts are being made to cover up the act by blaming his death on an accident.

Meanwhile, the mother of Narinedatt said she had last seen her only child at about midday on Monday, when he left, asking if she was okay and promising to return shortly. She said he had ridden off on a bicycle with a friend, and she had seen him later in the afternoon standing on the roadway.
She said she had heard him come in at about 20:00hrs, and he had been on his cellphone. He left shortly afterward.

She said she does not know what to think, since the body was found on the road but there are marks of violence that are not consistent with an accident.

Narinedatt leaves to mourn a two-year-old son and a six-month-old daughter, as well as his wife, who is overseas with the baby. The police are investigating the matter, and a post mortem is expected to be performed soon.