-
after
pool
game
row
-
living
a
nomadic
life
after
he
became
an
alcoholic.
A
33-year-old
man
was
hurled
to
his
death
from
the
pavilion
in
the
Stathaven
Play
Ground,
East
Coast
Demerara
(ECD)
late
yesterday
afternoon
after
an
argument
between
him
and
another
man.
The
dead
man
has
been
identified
as
Ganesh
Rattan
of
Cane
Grove
Scheme,
ECD.
Reports
are
that
Rattan
and
two
other
men
were
seated
at
the
top
of
the
pavilion
when
the
incident
occurred.
Kaieteur
News
understands
that
one
of
the
men
became
incensed
with
Rattan
during
an
argument
over
a
recent
pool
game.
The
man
reportedly
grabbed
Rattan
by
his
feet
and
tossed
him
over
the
railing
in
a
fit
of
anger.
According
to
eyewitnesses
Rattan
landed
face-first
onto
the
ground
some
15
feet
below.
He
reportedly
broke
his
neck
as
a
result
of
the
fall
but
investigators
will
have
to
await
a
post
mortem
examination.
The
suspect
and
victim
were
reportedly
drunk
at
the
time.
East Coast families choose nomadic life
The
dead
man’s
sister,
Indramattie
Rattan
aka
“Ena”,
stated
that
she
had
not
seen
her
brother
for
many
weeks
since
he
began
living
a
nomadic
life
after
he
became
an
alcoholic.
The
woman
told
this
newspaper
that
she
lives
in
the
nearby
village
of
Cane
Grove
and
received
a
telephone
call
around
15:00
hours
from
someone
who
informed
her
about
her
brother’s
demise.
“The
person
say
that
some
boy
push
my
brother
over
the
pavilion.
The
person
tell
me
how
they
not
certain
if
he
die
or
not…let
me
come
and
see,”
the
woman
related.
“He
does
deh
all
about
with
friends
staying
here
and
there
and
drinking
but
he
used
to
work
with
people
and
drive
combine
tractor
and
throw
paddy
and
manure,”
said
Rattan.
News
of
the
incident
quickly
spread
through
the
village
and
several
persons
converged
on
the
scene,
with
many
expressing
shock
at
what
had
occurred.
When
Kaieteur
News
arrived
around
19:00,
the
body
was
still
at
the
ground
below
the
pavilion
from
where
Rattan
had
fallen,
while
police
ranks
were
conducting
investigations.
One
neighbour
told
this
newspaper
that
she
was
at
her
home
when
the
incident
occurred.
“I
was
home
but
I
just
hear
that
somebody
push
down
somebody
from
the
pavilion.
I
understand
that
it
was
three
of
them
there
but
police
get
one
and
gone
with
him.
I
hear
it
is
some
little
fight
caused
it,”
said
the
woman.
Rattan
is
said
to
be
survived
by
his
estranged
wife
and
four
children.
Monday,
March
19,
2012
