Suspicious of the circumstances surrounding how her brother's body ended up floating in the sea off Cedros, Vilma Pooran is calling for a thorough police investigation into his death.
Pooran's younger brother, Ramlal Pooran, 37, a tyre shop worker and handyman, was last seen by his relatives on Thursday. Two days later, around 2.20 pm on Saturday his body was discovered floating six nautical miles off Icacos Bay near Platform 3.
Coast Guard officers subsequently fished out the body.
According to a police report, around 5.30 pm on Thursday Pooran and a male friend decided to go sailing at Guapo Beach on a large piece of styrofoam when a wave knocked them off.
Pooran's friend disappeared, but his friend survived. However, Vilma claimed her brother's friend did not try to help her brother or inform the police.
"I find it strange that my brother's friend did not bother to get help. He did not report it to the police and he did not even bother to tell us," she said.
When relative's discovered he did not return home she said her brother-in-law went looking for Pooran's friend. The friend, she said, is a PH driver and he was last seen with her brother.
"My brother-in-law flagged down his (Pooran's friend) car in Rousillac on Friday and asked him where my brother is. He (friend) say they got into difficulty in the water and he saw my brother fumbling like he was drowning, but when he came out of the water and looked back he did not see my brother. But, he did not even bother to call for help or anything, why. These are the questions we want answered," said Vilma.
After receiving this information they reported the incident to the police. Vilma pleaded with the police not to rule her brother's death as a mere drowning before a proper investigation is done.
She said Pooran's 13-year-old son fainted when he learnt of his father had died. She described Pooran as a free spirited person who liked to "lime and party.