A search is now underway for a man who disappeared following a boat mishap on the Essequibo River on Thursday evening.
The missing man has been identified as 54-year-old Lakeram Kuber of Bellplaine Wakenaam Island, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara).
Police stated that on the day in question at about 23:30h, Feroze Amin,58, of Good Success, Wakenaam Island, and Kuber left Wakenaam Island for Supenaam with a fiberglass boat powered by a 100 HP Yamaha outboard engine to pick up a friend, Floyd Dazzell.
However, as they were returning to Wakanaam, the boat reportedly capsized and submerged. Dazzell and Amin managed to swim to safety but Kuber did not make it.
A report was made and an investigation was launched.
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