Gas station owner lodges assault complaint against Region Six councillor

Azad Taki showing his injuries

A Region Six councillor was yesterday accused of assaulting a Corentyne resident following a confrontation at Hogstye Village, Corentyne.

Azad Taki, 66, owner of A Taki Filling Station and Variety Store located along the Hogstye Public Road, yesterday explained to Stabroek News, that a contractor visited his gas station and purchased diesel and during a conversation stated that he was going to be leveling the  road shoulders in the area.

Taki, a former APNU+AFC councillor at the Lancaster/Hogstye Neighbourhood Democratic Council, said that he questioned what would be done with the dirt removed and the contractor stated that he would be selling the dirt.