Man shot by motorcycle bandits

Nov 20, 2012 News

An East Coast Demerara businessman narrowly escaped death when armed bandits opened fire on him during what can be described as a daring opportunistic robbery yesterday morning.
Chandradat Nandalall, 38, of Vryheid’s Lust North was wounded when he tried desperately to cling on to his gold jewellery he was wearing after he was attacked by a gunman, who subsequently escaped with his accomplice on a motorcycle.
The incident occurred around 09:15 hours at a Le Ressouvenir car wash, where Nandalall had gone to have his vehicle cleaned.
According to eyewitnesses, the businessman was sitting on a bench in front of the wash bay when the two bandits rolled up on their motorcycle. One of them immediately pounced on Nandalall.
“One jump off de bike and come and tell he fuh tek off wha he gat, but like he get bassody and the bandit pull out he gun and shoot he,” said an eyewitness.
The woman said that the bandit then snatched Nandalall’s gold chain.
“He see like de man pocket full up and he start bullying de man fuh wha inside. But de man had two cell phones and he wallet and de bandit tek it,” the woman added.
After robbing the businessman of the items mentioned, the bandit tried to grab his gold band but Nandalall would have none of it and made a dash for safety.
This angered the gunman who discharged several rounds at him and a few more for good measure at some eyewitnesses who were staring transfixed at what was playing out in front of them.
Shamdai Khan, whose son operates the wash bay, told this newspaper that she is still traumatized by what she saw, while peeping through her window.
“De bandit fire at me son, he had to crawl pon he belly. Me peep through de window but me mind nah give me fuh go out. Is de fuss time me see something like this,” Khan told this newspaper.
She said that after the bandits left, her son rushed the injured businessman to a private city hospital where he is receiving treatment.
“Dey say de bullet hit he hand and pass through near he heart. He gat fuh get surgery,” Khan said.
She is not too pleased with the response she got from the police in her district.
According to Khan, immediately after the first gunshot, she telephoned the Beterverwagting Police Station, then Sparendaam but on both occasions the phones were busy. She even contacted the area Community Policing Group but none of them showed up until about 30 minutes after the robbery.
By then the bandits who were described as very young boys had made good their escape.

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