Businessman peeved at attempt to damage his character

Jan 07, 2013 News

East Coast Demerara businessman Ramzan Gafoor is upset over allegations made by his two older siblings who are the principals in a bitter family dispute that is threatening to get ugly.
Gafoor was accused of hiring a gang of thugs to damage vehicles belonging to his brother Abdool at his Good Hope business place last week.
Ramzan has flatly denied the allegation and is claiming that it was his vehicle that was damaged by his brother during a scuffle.
The feud started over a plot of land that was left for the brothers by their deceased parents.
Ramzan, who was living with his mother on the plot of land up to the time of her death, occupies the front portion facing the East Coast Demerara Public Road, while his two older brothers had to settle for the piece at the back.
Now Ramzan Gafoor and his brother Abdool are engaged in almost similar business; selling vehicles and spare parts.
The contention stems from the fact that while Ramzan is free to display his products to the general public, his brother is prohibited from doing so because of his location at the back of Ramzan.
This has been going on for years but the situation escalated within the past few months when Ramzan decided to erect a fence separating his portion of the family property, much to the annoyance of his two brothers, who have since taken the matter to court.
Ramzan told this newspaper that he actually resides in Canada, but operates a business at the Good Hope location.
He said that while he was away, his brothers proceeded to threaten his watchman and went on to place a padlock on the gate of his business causing him to lose a lot of his customers.
“They even break my fence,” he said.
This forced him to return to Guyana in November last year to sort things out in an amicable manner.
However that was not to be. The two sides continued to be at each other’s throat until it escalated into violence last week Wednesday.
Following the altercation, Ramzan was accused by his brother’s wife, of ordering the damage of three pick-up trucks. The woman claimed that she had identified him among the perpetrators.
However, Ramzan provided several witnesses who supported his claim that he was not at the scene at the time the damages were being perpetrated.
Footage of the destruction was captured on closed circuit television cameras.
“They had attacked me with wood and I had to run and leave my vehicle,” he said, adding that his windscreen was damaged in the process.
Ramzan was also fingered in a fire in 2006 that resulted in millions of dollars in damages to several unregistered vehicles belonging to his brother’s son.
Ramzan has also denied this claiming “I don’t have time to assault people. All I want is to do business.”
“These people are just trying to damage my character. I am not that type of person,” he declared.

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