Rio Claro police are investigating the chopping of a 77-year-old man.
James Gajadhar is currently warded in critical condition, after he was chopped repeatedly by a mentally ill man while in his garden.
The 33-year-old suspect was held and is in police custody.
According to reports, Gajadhar went to the garden behind his home in Rio Claro at 3.30 pm on Wednesday to pick ochros.
About half an hour later, his wife got worried when he did not return and went to check on him.
She found her husband bleeding on the ground with gaping wounds on his body.
Gajadhar was taken to the Rio Claro Health Centre, where he was treated and transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital.