Even as the circumstances leading to the shooting death of a 33-year-old man in an orange field in Tabaquite remained unclear, relatives insisted that he was not attempting to steal.

The victim, Rajindra “Syo” Ramcharan, 33, a construction worker from Devinesh Hill in Tabaquite, was a father of one and had been planning to marry his fiancée, Oniosa Corbin, of Guyana, later this year.

According to the police, shortly after 8 am on February 26, the Gran Couva Police Station received information about a body found at Sand Hill Trace. Among the first responders were PCs Singh and Sanawor, who discovered the body with gunshot wounds to the back of the head and back. Three spent shell casings were found nearby, along with several oranges.