A 19-year-old man of Anna
Catherina, West Coast Demerara died
on Thursday evening under mysterious
circumstances at the Mandela Avenue
dumpsite.
Musaff Yusuff had his head
smashed in while dumping garbage at
the site.
Police have detained three of his
fellow workers and have questioned
other garbage collectors.
Shanaaz Azeen, the dead man's
sister, told Stabroek News yesterday
that they have been receiving
conflicting reports as to how Yusuff
died. She said his workmates are
saying that he fell off the truck
but other persons have said that he
was lashed in his head.
Azeen said Yusuff is employed at
a lemonade factory located on the
Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road. The
factory also does garbage
collecting. Azeen said Yusuff left
for work early Thursday morning and
was due to arrive home around 7 pm
that evening. She said at around 8
pm he did not return and his mother,
Bibi Azeen became very worried. The
woman made a call to his employer
and they advised her that he was not
back from Georgetown. The manager of
the factory told her to call again
around 9 pm but Bibi called at 11 pm
instead. When Bibi called this time
around the manager told her that
Yusuff had sustained a lash on his
head and was at the La Penitence
Police Station.
Rushing down to the station, Bibi
said when she got there the police
informed her that her son had died
around 7 pm. A distraught Bibi
returned to the West Coast of
Demerara and visited the factory.
She was furious that the manager
knew that her son had died since 7
pm but withheld the information from
her. Stabroek News was unable to
make contact with the manager
despite visiting where he lives and
telephoning.
Bibi and other relatives said
they do not believe the story of the
workmates. They said that if Yusuff
had fallen off the truck he would
not have sustained such a serious
injury. Yusuff leaves to mourn four
siblings.
