Robber beats C'tyne man, terrorizes mother

Robber beats C’tyne man, terrorizes mother

Sep 23, 2013 News

A lone bandit stormed into a home on Saturday at Alness, Corentyne and brutally gun-butted one of the occupants and terrorized his mother before fleeing with a phone and $6,000.
When the ordeal was over, the victim, Totanarine Nandalall, had three broken teeth, blood-shot eyes and a swollen face.
Totanarine Nandalall, 36, of Lot 51 Alness Public Road stated that he and his mother, Hansranie Nandalall, were at home around 10:15 hrs on Saturday. He stated that his visually- impaired mother was sitting in the bottom house in front of the yard, while he was cutting a zinc sheet at the back of the kitchen, when a man sneaked up behind him and held him at gunpoint.

Composite photo showing a badly injured Nandalall, his mother and the house in which the robbery took place

“Suddenly I feel something bore me from back and when I turned around, the person hit me on my head.”
Nandalall, an Albion Estate employee, stated that the gunman, whose face was covered with a handkerchief, struck him until he grew dizzy.
“I called out for a neighbour at the back but he didn’t hear—I thought I would have gotten a blackout right away and he started to hit me to go into the house. He didn’t say he wanted anything—he just started hitting just like that.”
The entire ordeal lasted over twenty minutes. “For over twenty minutes, he beating me. I wanted to know if he smoked or something.”
It was then his mother came into the house and came face to face with the gunman.
“She asked him why he was hitting me and he told her to shut up. When he saw her, he pushed me aside and fired a shot in the roof and pushed her aside and I started to get more dizzy,” Nandalall added.
The gunman then demanded “money and gold.” Nandalall said that he informed the gunman that his mother cannot see “and then he took us upstairs and put me to lie down and told me that if we didn’t have gold and money to give him, he will shoot me and my mother.
“I told him I just had some money in my wallet.” The bandit collected $6,000—”and he started to search and said if he didn’t find anything more, he will come back for me.”
Fortunately, the gunshot alerted one of the next door neighbours who then opened the gates, entered the yard and started to call out for the Nandalalls. The neighbour also tried to reach the victims by telephone, but the bandit ordered them not to answer. The neighbour stated afterwards that he became suspicious after failing to see the Nandalalls. He then returned home and called the police.
“You couldn’t recognize him because he wore the kerchief. He tumbled up and didn’t find anything else and after three minutes I called for my mother and she said that he had gone,” said Nandalall.
Nandalall was badly injured and the neighbour assisted with taking him to the Port Mourant Hospital. He was treated for blood- shot eyes; three broken teeth; head injuries and a swollen face. Additionally, the man has several bruises and cuts about the body.
“Pain all over—I got stitches at the hospital and I have to go back today [Monday] for an X- ray and head scan.”