A
MOTHER and her
teenaged son were
beaten, terrorised
and robbed Monday
night when four
gunmen invaded their
Wallers Delight,
West Coast Demerara
home.
Surjaptti
Dhanchan demonstrates
how
the
gunman held her son
Munesh.
Surjaptti
Dhanchan called Savo,
41, and her
14-year-old son
Munesh were treated
for wounds on the
face, head and back
at the West Demerara
Regional Hospital
and sent home.
Dhanchans
daughter Nandanie
said the family
operates the Savo
Flat Shop which
sells grocery and
alcoholic beverages.
She
said that around
20:00 h, her mother
was in the shop
locking up and her
brother cleaning up
outside when two of
the men entered the
shop and ordered
Guinness. One
remained inside
while the other went
out on the road.
According
to Nandanie, after a
few minutes, the
other man returned
to the shop, holding
her brother with a
gun in his mouth.
The
drinks that the gunmen
ordered.
The other man, she
said, then grabbed her
mothers hand through
the window from which
groceries are handed
to customers, and
demanded that she open
the door leading into
the house.
However,
before her mother
could respond, two
other men appeared
and kicked open the
front door and took
them into the house.
Another
man who does handy
work around the area
and was helping her
brother clean at the
time was also taken
into the house,
Nandanie said.
Once
inside, one of the
gunmen rummaged
through the wardrobe
and took out a sari
and tied it over the
handymans eyes and
ordered him to lie
on the bed.
The
gunmen then began
beating the two and
demanding money. The
woman said her
mother handed over a
bag containing
$150,000 but the men
still wanted more.
Handyman
Khanai Gobin who
was tied up
in the house.
They then took two
rings she was wearing,
$15,000 from Muneshs
pocket, two pairs of
his sneakers and left.
According
to Nandanie, while
in the house, one of
the gunmen called
someone on his
cellular phone and
demanded to be
picked up because
they were finished.
A
traumatized
Surjaptti said that
when the man went
into the shop, he
demanded money and
said that it could
either be a robbery
or a murder. The
woman said that she
then began to
tremble and was
forced to follow the
gunmans orders.
She
said that it will be
difficult to restart
her business since
she is out of money.
The
men also ransacked
the shop, took about
$35,000, fired three
shots in the air and
fled in a waiting
white car which was
parked across the
road.
Thursday,
August 24, 2006
