After kicking down his neighbour’s door and attacking him with a cutlass, a 24-year-old Barrackpore man is now in a critical condition in hospital after he was chopped in his head on Sunday night.
Police said if the man recovers from his life-threatening injury, he is expected to face several criminal charges.
According to a report, Shamir Khan, 47, was at his home in Ramlal Trace, Barrackpore, when around 10.30 pm he heard a commotion in front of his house.
On looking out, he saw his neighbour chopping the windscreen of his Nissan Almera with a cutlass.
The man then stormed into his house and began chopping several items. Khan told police he was fearful for his life and took up a cutlass to defend himself. The two men began to fight and Khan struck the suspect in the back of his head.
He then contacted Barrackpore police and Cpl Toussaint and other officers responded along with an ambulance.
The suspect was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital by an ambulance, where he underwent emergency surgery.
He remains warded under police guard.