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Overseas-based Guyanese shot dead in home invasion
An overseas-based Guyanese man who came home on Friday with his family to do some religious work is now dead, the victim of a robbery/murder.
Ramesh Puran his wife, Savitri Puran
Four masked bandits armed with guns and cutlasses, attacked Ramesh Puran, 49, a father of three and of New York USA. The man had come home with his wife, Savitri Puran, called “Sandra”, his stepson and some other relatives from the USA on Friday.
The incident occurred at their Guyana residence at 153 Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, Berbice.
Puran is a regular visitor to Guyana and his main purpose of coming home this time, was to do some religious work and spend some time with family members.
According to the woman’s niece, Tamarattie Seecharran, a housewife, who occupies the house with her husband, Dhanraj Narine and their 10-month-old baby, the ordeal was horrifying.
Seecharran, in tears, told the media that family members were at home around 21:15 hrs talking when the masked men suddenly appeared.
The woman said that she was in her bedroom with her baby while the other relatives were outside. She stated that two of the men, one tall and one short, entered the bedroom and sat on top of her. The men, who were armed with cutlasses, placed the weapons to her and her daughter’s neck threatening to cut them off if she doesn’t say where the US currency and jewelry were. She began to beg and told the men that she didn’t know. The men then placed the cutlass again under her baby’s chin and again threatened to cut her neck off.
The woman said she continued to beg and heard a commotion outside.
Her aunt who was in her bedroom opened the door and saw the men hacking away at her husband. The woman immediately closed the door, removed the louvers and jumped over 25 feet to the ground, injuring her back in the process. She got up and fled in the muddy yard screaming as she ran through the Streets.
Neighbours heard the commotion and came out, but were first held at bay after realizing the men had guns.
Seecharran stated that she cannot say much about the shooting, but when she came out of the room her uncle was slumped in the chair with blood all over his body.
Another relative, Devika Ramotar, was chopped in her head by one of the men.
They were picked up and rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital where Puran was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to relatives and neighbours the police were contacted and responded promptly, but by then the men had already left. The ordeal lasted about five minutes.
According to a police release, around 21:00hrs on Thursday evening, four men armed with cutlasses and a handgun entered a home at Belvedere, Corentyne, through an open door, and held up Ramesh Puran, 49 years, his wife and two other relatives, before demanding cash and jewelry.
The perpetrators took away a quantity of jewelry and shot Ramesh Puran and a cousin, Devika Ramotar, who they chopped to her head before escaping.
Ramesh Puran was pronounced DOA at the Port Mourant Hospital, while Devika Ramotar was treated and sent away.
Investigations are continuing.
No one has been arrested.
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