Mrs Jettoo sought medical attention after being beaten by the bandits

By Andrew Carmichael

Police have arrested the husband involved in Sunday’s Crabwood Creek, Berbice robbery, and he has told investigators that he had planned the robbery.

Reports are that Krishnadatt Jettoo and his wife were beaten by five gunmen who invaded the couple’s Crabwood Creek home and took away in excess of $5 million in cash and jewellery.

Police in conducting their investigation interviewed the Jettoos and received conflicting reports.

Hiding his face, Krishnadat Jettoo after his arrest by two Police Officers

Information reaching Guyana Times indicated that Jettoo told the Police that the men had a long gun, but his nine-year-old son corrected him saying that it was a short gun.

Investigators became interested and started treating Jettoo as a person of interest.

They held him as a suspect after learning that the intruders gained entry from the bathroom window which was the only window in the house where the grill was secured with screws.

This was something that only family members would have knew. Also the door to the upper flat was left open when the couple retired to bed.

Jettoo was arrested on Tuesday and taken into custody and later provided investigators with information on the robbery.

Acting Commander of B Division (Berbice), Senior Superintendent Errol Watts, speaking of the investigation, said it was revealed that the couple were going through a divorce and the husband set the criminals on his wife.

“But he never expected that they would have beaten him like that.

He was beaten severely, but he was hoping that he would have received a couple slaps so that it would not look as though he set it up. He told us that he never expected the boys to be so ruthless.”

This, the Senior Superintendent noted, was said in the presence of Jettoo’s lawyer.

Watts said the Police were going to investigate all robberies. “We will not take anything for granted and ensure that the robbery is not planned internally.”