CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – A Guyanese resident on Nevis died this morning (May 4) at the Alexandra Hospital after reportedly ingesting a poisonous substance some two days earlier.
According to information reaching SKNVibes, 31-year-old Shivpaul Balgobin, a native of Guyana who has been residing on Nevis over some nine years, was found frothing from his mouth sometime Saturday (May 1) while in a hammock at his Bath Village home.
A family member told this media house that Balgobin and his girlfriend had a dispute and that may have led to him committing suicide.
“He and his girlfriend had a quarrel on Saturday shortly before he left to go and work at his father-in-law’s farm. I understand that while at the farm, which is situated in Bath Village, he drank some gramoxone around mid-day and left for his home.
“When he got home, he went and lie down in a hammock and his girlfriend saw that he was frothing from the mouth. She immediately called the police and they took him to Alexandra Hospital. He was admitted and they tried to save his life, but I got a message that he died at approximately 5:00 this morning,” the relative said.
A senior member of the Nevis Division of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force informed this media house investigations revealed that there was no evidence of foul play. He also confirmed that Balgobin, who was also known as Blako, was experiencing domestic problems and had resorted to taking his own life.
Balgobin is the second Guyanese to have committed suicide on Nevis in less than two months.
On Wednesday, March 17, 15-year-old Yudesh Persaud was found hanging from a tree close to his mother’s home in Cane Garden.
