AFC Regional Councillor allegedly brutally chopped at Enterprise

An Alliance For Change (AFC) regional Councillor is currently hospitalised, according to reports, nursing severe chop wounds about his body after he was attacked some time on Sunday in Enterprise Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The injured man was said to be Amarnauth Chinkan of Triumph, ECD. He is reportedly a Councillor on the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica).
Information reaching Guyana Times revealed that the Councillor, who used to live in Enterprise Gardens, had gone to that village on Sunday to visit a friend and was attacked at Suriname and First Streets, Enterprise, as he was leaving.
His attacker was identified as Peter (only name given), a contractor who lives a few houses away from the premises of the friend the victim had visited.
This newspaper was told by sources that the contractor had allegedly paid the Councillor some $2 to 3 million in exchange for contracts some time back. At the time, Chinkan was heading the Region’s Public Works Committee, a post he held from 2015 until late last year.
However, the Councillor reportedly failed to honour his alleged commitment, which apparently angered the contractor. As such, on Sunday when Peter saw Chinkan in the village, he attacked the man with a cutlass.
The Councillor was rushed to a medical facility and was said to be in critical condition. Efforts to contact the injured man’s family proved futile. Meanwhile, the family of the alleged perpetrator, who has since reportedly gone into hiding, denied any knowledge of the incident when contacted by this publication.