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The man’s wife, Kumarie Chintaman, 42, told the Guyana Chronicle that her husband who was suffering from diabetes and hypertension will be laid to rest on Sunday, and the suspect who inflicted the deadly blows on her husband was in custody up to press time.
The woman also stated that they were travelling from Vryheid’s Lust to the city on the afternoon of April 29 on their way to the ‘wake house’ of her brother at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara.
Chintaman stated that the music in the bus was being played quite loudly and she had a headache at the time and asked the conductor to turn the volume down but he did not and her husband intervened after the conductor raised the volume instead.
She noted that there was a quarrel between her husband and the conductor who pulled out an ice-pick and a scuffle ensued during which the conductor had the upper hand and he dealt Mangra several cuffs to the neck area.
Chintaman pointed out that they were put off the bus in the vicinity of Kitty, Georgetown and while on their way to Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, her husband complained of feeling unwell and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he died.
Police reported that at about 17:45 hrs on April 29, 2013, Basdeo Mangra, 52, of North Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara and his wife, were on their way to Georgetown in a route 44 minibus in which loud music was being played.
The volume of the music was affecting Mangra’s wife and he asked the minibus conductor to turn down the volume. This request was made several times but to no avail as the conductor and the driver refused to lower the volume, police said.
An argument developed between Mangra and the conductor, who was armed with an ice-pick, and a scuffle between the two men ensued in the vehicle.
At this stage, the driver stopped the vehicle in the vicinity of Kitty and ordered Mangra and his wife out of the vehicle and drove away, the police added.
