..wife of drowned labourer goes into hiding

THREE persons have been arrested while the reputed wife of Cleon Outar, whose body was fished out of the Republic Canal, in New Amsterdam on Monday, has gone into hiding as investigations intensify into her husband’s death.

As detective gathered new information, they went to Plantation Mount Sinai, commonly referred to as “Angoy’s” Avenue, where they made the arrests. A female was among those arrested.

Initially, Outar’s wife, Shamdai Savichar, had claimed that her husband left the popular Rainbow Bar with friends. Thereafter, she never saw him again until she was informed that he was found partially submerged in the Republic Canal.

On Monday, the body was seen some distance south of the Region Six Democratic Council’s Complex, partially submerged in the waterway.

Initially, the body was unidentified, but as the news spread around the township, Outar’s wife, Savichar, got wind of the information and was able to positively identify her husband.

According to her, they left home last Saturday evening to hang out with friends at the Guinness Bar on Main Street in the Berbice township.

Thereafter, while being in the company of friends, they proceeded to the Rainbow Bar at Charles Place and Republic Road junction where they continued to consume alcoholic beverages.

After sometime, Outar left her and went to an unknown location with his friends. After waiting for him for a while, she returned home.

During Monday afternoon, she was told of an unidentified body that was found in the Republic Canal. Checks were made at the Central Police Station and subsequently the Arokium Funeral Home where her fears were confirmed. Outar was employed as a labourer.