Florida-based businessman robbed minutes after arriving home

Mar 31, 2014 News

An Orlando, Florida-based Guyanese businessman is weighing his options on whether to stay here and continue his investment or just pack up and leave.
He was placed in this quandary after two young gun-toting robbers relieved him of a significant amount of cash and other valuables shortly after he arrived in Guyana.
Jay Singh, who is in the process of establishing a restaurant here, was assaulted by the bandits just as he was about to enter his Courida Park, LBI, East Coast Demerara home just after 02:00 hours on Saturday.
He is still at a loss as to how the bandits were able to time their act precisely after he arrived in the country.
Speaking to this newspaper last night, 45-year old Singh, who has been living in the USA since 1979, said he has been returning to Guyana regularly for the past few years, having invested in the mining sector.
He said that early Saturday morning he was picked up by his regular driver and his secretary at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and headed for home.
When he arrived at his destination, he came out of the car after grabbing his briefcase and was about to open his door when he heard persons talking behind him.
“Someone was saying ‘what are you gonna do with that?’” he recalled.
He soon realized that his driver was talking to bandits; he then heard the sound of a gunshot as one of the men shot at his driver who took cover.
Singh stood frozen by the brazenness of the attack, and one of the bandits, with gun in hand, ran towards him and pushed him to the ground, causing him to dislocate his shoulders.
The bandit grabbed a chain from Singh’s neck and he was soon joined by an accomplice, who held a gun to his head.
“The other one said, ‘don’t kill him, don’t kill him!’” Singh recalled.
In the briefcase, Singh had US$10,000; an I-Pad; five high-end cellular phones, which Singh had brought for some of his staff, and other important business documents.
He described the bandits as young men who appeared to be “no more than 17 or 18 years old”.
“They both had automatic guns,” Singh added.
It was the first time that the businessman had this experience in Guyana and it has left a bitter taste in his mouth.
“I’m thinking I wanna stay and this is against the wishes of my family. I have invested heavily in Guyana and I really cannot just walk away,” he said, adding that his present trip to the country of his birth is to clear a container which arrived here last Friday.
“I’ve been coming here for the past several years, the same way. Courida Park is one of the safest areas, that’s why I chose there,” he said.
Police were informed about the incident and during their initial investigations, they recovered a spent shell which they hope will provide them with a clue.

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