RESIDENTS of Danielstown village on the Essequibo Coast are calling on the police at Anna Regina to arrest a Danielstown man of unsound mind who smashed a car windscreen with a piece of wood, and knocked a pregnant mother to the ground unconscious just after midday yesterday.The man, known as ‘Bolo’, had reportedly rushed into the Alma Street yard of the Singh family at Danielstown with a piece of wood and began to hit the back wind screen of their car, which was parked under a shed. A daughter of the Singh’s, Narifa, who is four months pregnant, reportedly saw the man hitting the car’s windscreen and rushed to drive the vehicle away, but was knocked to the ground unconscious by the enraged man. The man reportedly also lashed the front wind screen of the car before leaving the yard.

Rescued by her mother and other relatives, Narifa was rushed to, and admitted a patient at, the Suddie hospital.

Damages done to the car are estimated at more than $200,000. The matter was reported to the police at Anna Regina, and officers visited the scene some one hour later; but ‘Bolo’ is reportedly still roaming the community unrestrained, and up to press time it was unclear whether the police had arrest him.

In the meantime, Danielstown residents regard ‘Bolo’ as a serious public threat because he can suddenly inflict harm, destroy property and endanger lives. Accordingly, Danielstown residents are calling on the police for serious help.

(By Rajendra Prabhulall)