Police are investigating a regional councillor for We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) after a 20-year-old man allegedly suffered a broken hand during an incident at the councillor’s Black Bush Polder home on Saturday night, just days after the councillor was granted bail in a separate matter involving the alleged injury of five cattle.
Police identified the councillor as Krishna Beerbusham, called “Dover”, a Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Regional Democratic Council (RDC) councillor representing We Invest in Nationhood (WIN).
The incident reportedly occurred at about 23:00h on Saturday at Beerbusham’s Mibikuri South, Black Bush Polder home.
The injured man, Ganesh Naris, called “Randy”, of Belvedere Village, Corentyne, told police he was at the home when Beerbusham arrived armed with a wooden baton.
Naris alleged that he became frightened and ran into the house, where Beerbusham allegedly apprehended him in the dining hall and dealt him several lashes about his body with the baton.
Naris shouted for help, after which nearby residents came to his assistance and transported him to the Number 77 Public Hospital.
He was reportedly treated for a broken left hand and later discharged.
Police have since confirmed that Beerbusham was subsequently contacted by investigators and arrested pending investigations into the allegation of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
The incident comes days after Beerbusham appeared before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the Mibikuri Magistrate’s Court, charged in a separate matter involving the alleged injury of five cattle at Johanna Savannah, Black Bush Polder.
In that matter, police alleged that five cows belonging to rice farmer Rudolph James and housewife Sunita Bhiro were found with broken back legs on May 5.
According to investigators, James had reported that Beerbusham contacted him earlier that day, claiming that some cattle had entered his rice field and damaged his crop.
Police said Beerbusham allegedly sent James videos showing the animals lying on a dam in the savannah area.
When James later visited the location, he allegedly discovered three of his cows and two belonging to Bhiro suffering from severe injuries to their back legs.
Beerbusham was granted $200,000 bail on the injury to cattle charge and is expected to return to court at a later date.
Court records also show that Beerbusham appeared before Magistrate Hardy on April 17, charged with malicious damage to property. However, that matter was dismissed after the complainant opted to offer no evidence.
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