| Relatives of a Guyanese carpenter working in Trinidad, were plunged into mourning following his death by suicide in the twin-island republic.Balram Roopchand, called Omesh, 26, formerly of Lot 86 East Back Street, Patentia, West Bank Demerara, died a week ago after ingesting poison.This was the second time that the family had received reports of his death and although the first time it turned out to be false, this time it was all too true.Six months ago, family members in Guyana had received reports that Roopchand was shot dead in Holland, but after traveling to Trinidad where he has been residing for the past year and a half, they found him alive and well.However, last week Monday there was no such joy. Speaking to this newspaper yesterday,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, Roopchand’s mother Thamattie Persaud called Ramola, said that two Sundays ago she received a call from her daughter-in-law who lives in Guyana, asking if she had heard anything about Roopchand. She said no.The daughter-in-law told her that she had been contacted by Roopchand’s older brother, Satesh, who told her that the young carpenter had ingested poison.“I started to cry and she tell me don’t cry, wait for another call,” Persaud told this newspaper.A few hours later, her daughter called and told her that ‘Omesh deh bad”.By then Persaud was preparing for the worst.On the following day at about 14:00 hours,nfl jerseys cheap, her husband Gopaul Roopchand,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, who is in Barbados, telephoned to inform her that her son had passed away.She said that a family friend in Trinidad had identified the body and her sister had also traveled from the United States of America to confirm the death.Persaud told Kaieteur News that she last saw her son six months ago, when rumours that he was killed in Holland circulated.“I left him in Trinidad. When me hear he get shoot in Holland,holesale NFL Jerseys, me start get frighten and so, but when me sister dem pick up de story and go pon de internet, nobody by dat name de get shoot in Holland. So me sister call and tell me leh we go in Trinidad with she where me left dis boy, and we go look fuh he. We went over and nothing de happen to he,” Persaud said.Persaud said that she was given no details of what led to her son committing suicide, or how he was found. She however recalled that a few months ago, Roopchand had telephoned her to tell her that he was not feeling well.“At one time he call and he tell me that he nah well, he sick and he want me do dem Hindu function fuh he. So me tell he must send de money and me go do it fuh he. He say okay,cheap nfl jerseys discount, he go call me back and he never call me back until me hear he drink poison,NFL Jerseys China,” Persaud told this newspaper.Arrangements are being made to bring Roopchand’s body back to Guyana for the final rites. |
