–drives his bus into three others

A CUTLASS-WIELDING man went on the rampage Saturday evening, killing Amit Jairam, 44, and injuring three other persons at Tarla Dam, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

According to the police, a game of “chance” at an entertainment event turned violent after a 54-year-old minibus driver and ex-policeman of Stewartville, (WCD) went berserk and chopped Mohamed Ahamad, 44, and drove his bus into three other persons who were tending to the wounded man.
An eyewitness said persons who were at the event bolted from the scene after the argument erupted among the men who were playing the game.
The Guyana Chronicle was informed that around 21:30hrs, the ex-policeman went to his vehicle BTT5707 and returned with a cutlass which he used to inflict a wound to Ahamad’s head.

Jairam, Randy Melville, 22, and Premnauth Basdeo, 20, reportedly rushed to the assistance of Ahamad after the assailant returned to his vehicle, but the bus driver was not finished.
“He jumped in the vehicle and drove into the men,” said one of the eyewitnesses, adding that the men, after being hit, were unconscious but public-spirited persons rushed to their assistance and took them to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

The victims were later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where Melville and Basdeo are reportedly still in a critical condition.
Jairam reportedly succumbed to his injuries around midday on Sunday.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) believes the driver’s action was deliberate, reckless and wanton. He is reportedly in police custody assisting with the investigation.