Wounded: Basdeo Narine

A 35-five-year old West Demerara man is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after being severely beaten at a wedding house at Canal Number Two on Sunday night.

Basdeo Narine, a carpenter of 35 Claybrick Road, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, told the Guyana Chronicle that he was attending a wedding reception about seven houses away from his home on Sunday night when, around 9:30 h his shoulder accidentally hit someone.

“I can’t even tell you who the person was – be it man or woman, I really don’t know, because the place was packed and it happened before I knew it,” the man said.

Narine recalled that, before he could look around to say sorry, he just felt a ‘shock’ to the back of his head then collapsed to the ground bleeding. He said two men pounced on him and began beating him. They then dragged him out of the building and out onto the road where they continued beating him. He suffered several wounds on his head and back.

The victim’s nephew ‘Viresh’ who was also at the wedding reception heard about the incident and quickly summoned family members who took the injured man to the hospital.

A report was also made to the La Grange Police Station and suspects were taken into custody.