Post mortem to be performed on
suspected suicide victim

SHIELDSTOWN, WEST BANK BERBICE - A post mortem examination is to be performed some time this week on the body of Totoram Sirkishuno.

The 24-year-old labourer of Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice reportedly ingested a toxic substance at his home on Saturday.

According to reports, Sirkishuno's reputed wife heard a gagging sound and upon checking, she reportedly found him with a carbonated beverage bottle in his hand. The bottle contained a dark substance suspected to be poison.

She rushed him to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Monday April 24, 2006