Salesman gunned down, robbed by bandits on bike

Apr 25, 2014 News

Bandits on a CG motorcycle yesterday gunned down a 57-year-old driver/salesman outside his workplace, Patsan Trading Services, at around 14.40 hrs, before escaping with a bag of money.
Bharrat Ramcharan, of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, was reportedly shot in the back after he threw a bag of money over the gate of the John Smith Street, Campbellville premises to prevent the bandits from making off with the cash. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital.

The scene of the killing

Dead: Bharrat Ramcharan

According to some eyewitness, Ramcharan was standing with his hands raised when he was shot. The gunmen fled north up John Smith Street after the attack. Police say that they have detained a suspect.
The slain man’s son, Raymond Ramcharan, said that his father had been employed at Patsan Trading Services since 1995. Kaieteur News understands that he had been robbed at gunpoint on at least two other occasions.
“It’s not the first time that he was robbed, but he would always throw the money at them (the robbers) and they would leave,” a source said.
Kaieteur News was told that Ramcharan, who had collected an undisclosed sum of money from customers, had just stepped out of his vehicle when two unmasked men on a CG motorcycle approached him. One of them had a handgun.
A source said that on seeing the bandits, Ramcharan immediately threw the money-bag over the fence, then stood with hands aloft. However, the gunmen reportedly ran into the compound and snatched up the bag. They then ran out of the compound and shot Ramcharan before speeding off on their motorcycle.
Kaieteur News understands that the shot salesman managed to stagger into the compound where he collapsed. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A Campbellville resident who lives a few doors away recalled hearing gunshots and later running to the scene. He said that on reaching Patsan Trading, he saw a man lying in the yard.
“I ask if is a bandit and they said is Bharrat,” the resident said. He said that he then saw employees placing the mortally wounded man into a vehicle.
The slain man’s son said that he received word about his father’s death at around 15.00 hrs.
Several of the man’s relatives and friends, including Ramcharan’s elderly mother, later gathered at his home.