A
suspect is in police
custody following an
armed robbery at
Section ‘C’
Clonbrook, East Coast
Demerara, early
yesterday morning.
Police-non-response
Burglars
strike - calls
to the police were
futile
The victim, Ricky
Kumar, 39, of Dovie’s
Grocery Shop told
the Guyana Chronicle
that it was about 03:
15 hrs on Thursday
morning he was
awakened by the loud
sound of glass
breaking.
By the time he
realised his glass
sliding door was
shattered and he could
scream for “thief”
“thief”
his bedroom was kicked
opened and he came
face to face with two
masked gunmen.
He was taken from his
bed and placed to lie
of the shards of glass
on the floor and
kicked about the body.
The bandits, who he
said was dressed in
dark clothing and military
boots carried machine
guns,
began beating him for
money and jewels.
Machine
guns
They
also placed his wife
to lie on the ground
while they took Kumar
to the lower flat of
the building, a gas
stove with water
boiling and threatened
to pour it on him.
There he took him to
the shop where he
handed over a
substantial amount of
money, the day sales,
a cell phone, a DVD
player, jewellery and
a camcorder.
The men began beating
him again and ordered
he hand over more
money, while seven
other occupants
including, children
were locked inside
their bedrooms.
Kumar said he pleaded
with the robbers not
to hit him anymore
since it was all the
money he had.
He added that the two
bandits spent about
half hour in the
house, where they tore
open his wardrobe door
and ransacked the
bedroom.
The gunmen also
disconnected their
landline telephone,
after neighbours, who
were awakened by
Kumar’s screams
began calling to
enquire what was going
on.
Neighbours
reported that a third
bandit was keep watch
at the back of
Kumar’s yard and
they arrived in a
white vehicle and
gained entry to the
premises via the front
gate but exited the
scene using the back
yard which they can
access several
alleyways and streets.
Kumar yesterday
displayed the marks of
violence on his body
and said he has been
in the wholesale and
retail grocery
business at the
location since 2007,
when he moved from
Berbice, after he was
brutally beaten,
during a robbery by a
group of gunmen on May
22, 2007.
Ricky
Kumar showing the
muddy boot print left
by the bandit
who kicked down his
bedroom door
He said that after the
bandits left his house
he telephoned the
police at Clonbrook
Police Outpost but
they said they had no
ranks nor vehicle, he
then called Cove and
John Police Station
where he was informed
by ranks manning the
station to go pick
them up in his vehicle
since they had no
patrol.
He said they claimed
the patrol was at
Timehri and there was
nothing they could do
and asked him
to call Timehri Police
station.
Frustrated
Kumar noted that he
then telephoned the Vigilance
Police Station
and after sometime a
group of policemen
arrived at his house.
The businessman also
said he had summoned
the Mahaica Police via
the telephone but they
only keep asking him
how the bandits gained
entry to the building
and said they will
come but never did.
Meanwhile, a press
release from the
Guyana Police Force (GPF)
yesterday said they
are
investigating an armed
robbery that occurred
at about 03:30 hrs
yesterday at Section
‘C’, Clonbrook,
East Coast Demerara,
during which
businessman, Ricky
Kumar, 39, and his
family were attacked
and robbed by two men
armed with firearms.
Investigations have
revealed that the two
men entered the
victims’ home by
breaking through a
glass sliding door and
held them at gunpoint.
They then took away an
undisclosed sum of
cash and a quantity of
jewellery and escaped.
A suspect has been
arrested and is in
police custody.
