Man dies after row with bus conductor over loud music

Basdeo Mangra

Basdeo Mangra, 52, of North Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara died on Monday—a short while after a confrontation with a minibus conductor over loud music being played in the vehicle.

The conductor, who is alleged to have threatened Mangra with an ice-pick, is now in custody, police said yesterday.
The confrontation between Mangra and the conductor took place at about 5.45pm on Monday afternoon, as the man and his wife, Anita, were travelling to George-town in a route 44 minibus.

Police, in a statement, said that the volume of the music was affecting Mangra’s wife and