Man arrested over assault of Rose Hall Town Mayor

Dave Budhu

A Corentyne man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly assaulting the Mayor of Rose Hall Town at the Hampshire Civic Clinic Centre.

The Mayor, Dave Budhu, accused the man, 53, a Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union Field Officer and Councillor of dealing him a cuff behind his neck and calling him a “waste man.”

The Guyana Police Force, yesterday said that the Mayor reported that he was at a meeting with the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall and councillors from Kilcoy, Hampshire and Rose Hall Town discussing drainage and irrigation.