RHON­DOR DOWLAT-ROS­TANT

The body of an uniden­ti­fied man was found in a forest­ed area off River­side Road, Curepe, on Thurs­day night.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, at about 8:15 pm, a group of hunters found the body down a precipice sev­er­al me­tres from the road.

Of­fi­cials said the body was in quite an ad­vanced state of de­com­po­si­tion.

The body, po­lice said, was clad in a blue jer­sey and a pair of blue pants.

The scene was vis­it­ed by a team of po­lice of­fi­cers led by Snr Supt Ram­phall, ASP Et­ti­enne, and In­spec­tor Mas­call.

The body was re­moved to the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre in St James pend­ing iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and an au­top­sy to de­ter­mine the ac­tu­al cause of death.