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Auto warehouse torched
– minibuses, cars destroyed
A soured love affair between a lady of the night and a caretaker is believed to have cost a young auto dealer millions of dollars in damage as a result of a fire that was deliberately set at a Good Hope, East Coast Demerara warehouse.
Reaz Gafoor, proprietor of Reaz Auto Mart estimated his losses in excess of $25M.
The blaze started at about 23:50 hours on Saturday and when it was put out an hour later, in addition to the severely damaged warehouse, two mini buses and two cars all of which were unregistered, were destroyed.
Gowkarran Sarran, the caretaker of the warehouse is adamant that his ex-lover had set the fire.
He said that he was forced to flee the property after being attacked by the woman and minutes after he saw smoke coming from among the vehicles.
Caretaker Gowkarran Sarran
But the woman who was arrested by police early yesterday morning near the High Court in Georgetown has denied being at the property, claiming that she was busy carrying on her ‘business’ at the time of the blaze.
Sarran, 49, told this newspaper that he had met the 29-year old woman three months ago while drinking at a South Road liquor restaurant.
After an initial business proposition, the two developed a relationship and Sarran would from time to time invite her to the property to spend nights at a time in a small hut he was residing in.
However, according to the caretaker, the woman became abusive and would sometimes beat him and take away his weekly wages whenever he was under the influence of alcohol.
The most recent episode occurred about two weeks ago.
Despite this he continued to invite her to spend time with him.
Early last week, his employer was informed of what was taking place and one night when the woman was there, the auto mart proprietor ordered her to leave and not return.
It is alleged that the woman allegedly threatened to get even with Sarran and the proprietor.
According to the caretaker, he was asleep on Saturday night when he heard someone opening the lock to the warehouse where the vehicles were stored.
At first he thought that it was the proprietor but then it appeared as if someone was banging on the door and Sarran got up to investigate.
He told this newspaper that he saw the woman and two men near the warehouse door and smoke was already billowing through the roof.
“After I see she I know she does advantage me. She say ‘is you I come for’. She attacked me and I run through de back gate. I barely get fuh pick up some clothes and I run fuh call the owner. I catch a taxi and go Vigilance (police) station and report,” the caretaker said.
“Me and she had a problem bout three weeks ago and she seh she gun bun de place down with me inside,” he added.
The auto dealer confirmed this version of Sarran’s story.
“The other night we put she out because she bring people and beat up this man. This lady talk she story plain that he can’t walk the road, she coming fuh kill he. I tell she if she want kill he, kill on de road,” Reaz Gafoor told Kaieteur News.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, all they could do was douse the remaining embers of the blaze.
Armed with information provided by the caretaker, the police went first to an LBI address and then to the city where they located the woman who was in the company of a man.
The police say they will hold a confrontation between the woman and the caretaker before proceeding with their investigations.
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