Better Hope businesswoman robbed, beaten

As crime spirals out of control…

Armed bandits have once again launched an attack, this time robbing and severely beating a 36-year-old businesswoman at her Better Hope, East Coast Demerara home. The incident occurred sometime around 00:45h on Saturday.

Businesswoman Nirvona Boodhoo, was robbed and beaten by gunmen on Saturday morning

According to Police reports; three men, two of whom were armed with hand guns, attacked businesswoman Nirvona Boodhoo as she was about to enter her Lot 188 Pulwarie Street, Better Hope, home, which is the last house in the street. Speaking with Guyana Times, Boodhoo who operates a restaurant and bar on Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, said she drove home and decided to park on the street, instead of going into the yard as she usually does. The traumatized woman related that as she was exiting her vehicle when she was confronted by the perpetrators.

“They were right there, I couldn’t do anything. I tried to play cool as if I was turning back in the car because I wasn’t sure what was happening but after the guys pulled out the gun and they come towards me, I realised that it was serious,” she noted.

Boodhoo went on to say that the men pulled her out of the car and took away three cellphones and about $100,000 cash that were in her hands. She added that they started to rough her up, chucking her, because she had started to scream. “One of them started saying shut her up, let her stop scream, shoot her or something, so I ran to the gate trying to call out for help,” she stated. The businesswoman noted that her daughter was upstairs at the time looking out the window and started screaming when she saw what was happening.

At this point, Boodhoo said the men went to the vehicle looking for the car keys, which were in her hand, so she threw it into the yard. This, she explained, annoyed the men and they started verbally abusing her and threatening her.

“One of them said ‘oh b***h, yuh throw the car key in the yard, that is what yuh do’ and he take the gun and started hitting me in my head. I was screaming and he said ‘I gon shoot yuh a**’ then he point the gun to me and I begged him not to shoot me,” the woman recounted.

By this time, she said her sister ran out of the house screaming and the men casually walked away as if nothing happened. “They just walked away, they didn’t run… I could’ve run behind them cause they were right there walking,” she noted. Boodhoo pointed out that while the men were unmasked, she could not have seen their faces clearly, as it was dark. She however noted that the men were very young, averaging their ages in their early 20s. She added too that they were very rough with her, slamming her into the car and even though she was bleeding profusely, they still kept hitting her.

Furthermore, the businesswoman related to Guyana Times that the incident was reported to the police and she was given a medical to seek treatment. However, when she arrived at the Georgetown Public Hospital with blood oozing from her head, she was made to sit and wait without anyone even checking the severity of her wounds.

This treatment prompted her to seek medical attention at a private institution, where an X-ray was done and her wounds were stitched. Meanwhile, the Police said that they have since launched an investigation into the matter.