Mini-bus driver shot dead at Buxton

A MINI-bus driver was brutally shot around 18:45 hrs last evening by one of three men who stopped the bus in the vicinity of Company Path, Buxton, and demanded money.

VISITING THE BEREAVED FAMILY --- PPP/C Member of Parliament Neil Kumar consoling the children and relatives of Foulis minibus driver Francis Singh. Mr. Kumar visited the distraught family yesterday, two days after one of four armed youths shot the father of six to death in his vehicle and then took refuge south into Buxton. Singh's son, Prem (right), was conducting on the bus at the time. Mr. Kumar later called on the leaders and other adults of Buxton to break their silence and non-action and take appropriate steps to dissuade the youths of or who use Buxton as a criminal haven from becoming hardened criminals.

A MINI-bus driver was brutally shot around 18:45 hrs last evening by one of three men who stopped the bus in the vicinity of Company Path, Buxton, and demanded money.


Dead is Francis Parmanand Singh, (Stabroek News)  called `Shine Money'. Singh, who is said to be in his late forties, hailed from Mahaicony, and lived at Foulis, also on the East Bank of Demerara.

According to reports, Singh was shot when he and his son, `Chiney Boy', who worked as the conductor on the bus, refused to hand over money which the men demanded.

According to a source, one of the robbers approached the driver and another the conductor. Singh reportedly attempted to drive away when he was shot. The dead man's son fled the bus, but one of the bandits pursued him on a bicycle. The lad, however, escaped by running into the nearby Annandale Village.

After Singh was shot, the pink bus with the names `Chiney Boy' emblazoned at the front and `Shine Money ' on the side, crashed into a rail and ended up in a ditch.

Reports are that passengers who were in the bus also fled the scene.

Singh is said to be the father-in-law of Somattie Singh who died at the Public Hospital Georgetown recently under tragic circumstances. (Wendella Davidson)

December 1, 2003, - Francis Parmanand Singh was shot dead while operating minibus in Buxton