Applicant in landmark Region 4 recount case commits suicide

Reaz Holladar, the applicant in the landmark case filed in the High Court after discredited figures were being used to declare the winner of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) at the March 2, 2020 polls, has committed suicide following a domestic dispute.

Twenty-eight-year-old Holladar died early Saturday. According to Police, Holladar took his life at about 04:30h on Saturday at his Prashad Nagar, Georgetown home in the presence of his wife and a security guard.
The now dead man was the driver of former Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
The former Attorney General in a subsequent social media post expressed condolences to Holladar’s family, describing him as “a loyal and dedicated employee”.
“It is with profound sadness that I confirmed that Reaz Holladar, my driver for several years, died this morning at or about 4:00 am. From all indications, he committed suicide. He was a loyal and dedicated employee. He has left to mourn a wife and two sons. With his family, I mourn his loss,” the post read.
Nandlall, through Holladar, had obtained an injunction barring the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from declaring an overall winner in the March 2 polls, following the declaration of unverified results from Region Four’s Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo.
The dead man’s body is presently at the Lyken Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem examination, as a police investigation is ongoing.