BY RADHICA SOOKRAJFor two days Shanti Ramsamooj searched the banks of the Oropouche River hoping that her niece, Debbie Ramsingh, would be alive.But shortly before noon yesterday, Ramsamooj’s worst fears were realised when she found Ramsingh’s corpse floating face-up in the river.Ramsingh, 21, was clad in a black and silver top, and was still wearing all her jewelry.Police said Ramsingh died after a fight at a recreation club in Debe, south Trinidad.In an interview yesterday, a tearful Ramsamooj said Ramsingh left her home on Fyzabad Branch Road with her two brothers Narindra, 23, Randy, 16, sister Sandy and friend Sudesh Heeralal, and went to lime at the recreation club.A witness said a man tried to dance with Sandy, but the brothers intervened.A fight reportedly broke out in the club. The bouncers at the club ordered the group out of the bar because they were intoxicated.Ramsingh’s brother Rajindra Chandersingh said a group of men and a woman began beating his siblings.He said: “They tried to drown my brother in the river. They also hit my sister with a bottle on her head.”Witnesses said Ramsingh and her family started to run to escape the blows.“But they followed them and beat them. They were running all on the road and the people were pelting them with bottles. When we didn’t find Debbie, we called the police for help,” Rajindra said.Police said it was uncertain whether Ramsingh was struck on the head with a bottle and she fell into the river, or whether she was deliberately pushed into the water.Rajindra said following the beating, Ramsingh was discovered missing.Throughout Sunday, the family searched the riverbank for her, hoping that she was alive.Wiping away tears, aunt Ramsamooj said: “She was a nice child. She worked at MS Food City in Debe in the meat section. She used to drink a little but she was a good person.”She said around lunchtime yesterday, they saw the body floating.Senior homicide officers arrived on the scene and cordoned off the area.Sources said suspects had been identified and people at the club were being questioned.Ramsingh’s body was viewed by District Medical Officer Dr Ockwee, who ordered it removed to the Forensic Science Centre.
Investigators were last night mulling over whether Debbie Ramsingh drowned or was murdered.Her body was found floating in the Oropouche River around 10 a.m. yesterday, not far from the nightclub where she, her boyfriend and members of her family were involved in a fracas with a group of men.They were at the Big Apple Night Club in Debe when the incident occurred around 3 a.m on Monday. In a bid to escape the men, Ramsingh and her two brothers ran into a car park. But before they could get into a car, the men followed and chased them along the river bank, police said. They said they also had a report that an attempt was made to drown one of the brothers in the river.The brothers escaped, but Ramsingh, 21, of Sudama Village, Fyzabad, disappeared.Early yesterday, another search party was formed and her body was eventually found by her brother, Rajindra Chandersingh, and her aunt, Shamty Rasamooj.She was found in the same clothes she wore to the club-long, black jeans and a black, thin-strap top. Her shoes were not found.There were some problems pulling the body out of the river as a strong current kept pushing it downstream.Fisherman Rakesh Gayah, who lives in the village, said, "Usually this river is filled with some big caimans, so they lucky to find her here and in one piece."Ramsingh was the mother of a two-year-old daughter, Debra. Relatives were up to late yesterday trying to explain to her what happened to her mother.Ramsingh's mother, Phoolanti Ramsingh, was too distraught to talk about her daughter, whose body was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital.Officers from the Barrackpore Police Station are continuing investigations.
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