THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Parmanda Singh of 18th Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara is said to be in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after his best friend stabbed him several times to his chest last Sunday.

Guyana Chronicle understands that Singh, who is a construction worker, and his best friend known as Brian, a contractor, had known each other for a very long time. On Sunday a boy went to Singh and told him that Brain had thrown him overboard with his bicycle.
According to Singh’s wife, the little boy was thrown overboard but he managed to come out and complain to Singh who is Brian’s best friend.
“My husband then went to Brian and ask him why he did that. My husband and Brian then got into an argument and they were arguing when a few minutes after I see he scramble my husband by his neck and started to stab him in his chest. After my husband fell on the ground Brian then escaped in a taxi,” the wife said.
Singh’s wife said that after her husband fell on the ground, residents in the area helped to rush him to the hospital.
She said that at the hospital he was admitted to the Emergency Unit and placed on life support and he was later moved to the Surgical Ward.
Meanwhile, the matter was reported to the Enmore Police Station but no statement was taken, according to Singh’s wife.
When this publication visited the hospital, Singh was on the hospital bed resting quietly but he confirmed what his wife had said about the stabbing attack by his best friend.
He also thanked God that he is alive and he is hoping that the police would soon arrest the assailant.

(By Asif Hakim)