Essequibo : Four people, including three children, drowned today while returning from a ritual for a woman who died last year, police have said.
The bodies of Radika “Nadira” Persaud, 53, Rovin Persaud, 14, Billy “Anil” Narine 12 and nine-year old Annatina Persaud were found close to the drainage sluice near the East bank Essesquibo village at Vergenoegen.
Police said that Danwantie Persaud took her grandchildren, Annatina and Billy to the home of her sister, where they were preparing for a religious function for Danwantie’s mother who died on January 2, last year.
Relatives said that the quartet went to the river side to “throw away flowers” and failed to return.
