Bandits shoot, grab GUY$8M from ECD businessman Written by Demerara Waves
Monday, 03 October 2011 13:53
Bandits have shot and robbed an Enmore businessman of some GUY$8M after forcing the vehicle he was travelling in to stop at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.
Guyana Police Force spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker in a statement Monday said Puroshotam Nauth, 49, of Foulis, Enmore, was attacked around 7.45 AM by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun on the Railway Embankment at Lusignan.
"Investigations revealed that Purushotam Nauth was in a mini-bus along with the driver Somal Persaud, 40 years, of Non Pariel, ECD when two motor-vehicles sandwiched the mini-bus, forcing the driver to stop.
A man exited from the front vehicle and another armed with a firearm from the rear vehicle and they held up the two occupants of the mini-bus," Whittake said.
He added that the perpetrators then took away a bag containing $8M from Nauth who was shot to his right shoulder in the process, after which they escaped in their vehicles.
Nauth was admitted to the GPHC where he is said to be in stable condition. Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) understands that he was shot in the back and the bullet has lodged in his jaw.
Monday, 03 October 2011 13:53
Bandits have shot and robbed an Enmore businessman of some GUY$8M after forcing the vehicle he was travelling in to stop at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.
Guyana Police Force spokesman Ivelaw Whittaker in a statement Monday said Puroshotam Nauth, 49, of Foulis, Enmore, was attacked around 7.45 AM by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun on the Railway Embankment at Lusignan.
"Investigations revealed that Purushotam Nauth was in a mini-bus along with the driver Somal Persaud, 40 years, of Non Pariel, ECD when two motor-vehicles sandwiched the mini-bus, forcing the driver to stop.
A man exited from the front vehicle and another armed with a firearm from the rear vehicle and they held up the two occupants of the mini-bus," Whittake said.
He added that the perpetrators then took away a bag containing $8M from Nauth who was shot to his right shoulder in the process, after which they escaped in their vehicles.
Nauth was admitted to the GPHC where he is said to be in stable condition. Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) understands that he was shot in the back and the bullet has lodged in his jaw.