A 27-year-old taxi driver was said to be in a critical state at the Georgetown Public Hospital last evening after his face was disfigured by another man during a row at a shop at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.
It is reported that Rohan Jagroop of Soesdyke was at a shop with a group of friends imbibing when an argument ensued between the him and another man, Ramo (only name given), who allegedly lashed him to the head with a vodka bottle then took the broken bottle and marked him several times on his face.
One of Jagroop’s friends, who asked not to be named, said they were drinking at the shop and some time around 7 pm an argument ensued between the duo and Ramo left.
He said, “Ramo went home fuh get he wife, who is a police officer, and then he come back to the shop with she and by the time she ah go ask Rohan wha happen Ramo tek the bottle and lash he to he head and he fall down.”
He added that after Jagroop fell to the ground his assailant pounced on him slashed both sides of his face with the broken bottle. He said Ramo’s wife stood there and witnessed the entire incident.
The father of one was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, but was referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) because of the severity of his injuries.
Another eyewitness, Dorian (only name given), told Stabroek News at the GPH last evening that after Ramo was finished assaulting Jagroop he fled the scene.
According to the injured man’s relatives who gathered at GPH they arrived at the institution sometime around 8 pm and up to 10.15 pm Jagroop was still sitting in the Emergency Room waiting for a doctor to attend to him.
“They just bandage his face and got him waiting there fuh de doctor,” an irate relative stated.
When Stabroek News caught a glimpse of the injured man it was observed that he was bleeding profusely since the bandage used on his face was covered in blood. Up to press time last night the man had not been admitted to the institution.
The matter was reported to the police outpost at the hospital and investigations are said to be ongoing. However, attempts to determine whether the assailant was arrested proved unsuccessful.
Jagroop was described as a peacemaker and was said to have no known enemies and his relatives are baffled as to what may have sparked the altercation resulting in him being disfigured.
