Businessman shot, robbed outside night club

Aug 25, 2015 News

After a night of clubbing with friends, a city businessman was shot and robbed by a masked bandit moments after stepping out of a Sheriff Street night club.

The injured businessman, Ravindra Singh, in his hospital bed.

According to reports, Ravindra Singh, 28, owner of R&R Car Rentals, was shot thrice in his right leg before being relieved of two gold chains and a bracelet in the wee hours yesterday.
It was just after the curfew time of 2:00am when Singh had parted ways with friends leaving them in Club Monaco where they had gone to enjoy a night of clubbing.
Kaieteur News understands that while Singh was making his way to his car which was parked outside the night club, he was grabbed from behind by someone who demanded that he “pass the chain.”
Thinking that it might be someone he was familiar with, he did not entertain the thought of him becoming a robbery victim.
In fact, after having a ‘blast’ he would not have expected his ‘fun time’ to end in such a way as he had never had such an encounter.
It was after turning around to a man masked with a bandana that he realized what was about to happen.
Yesterday when Kaieteur News spoke with the injured businessman at a city hospital, he was in a stable condition in the recovery room as relatives in their numbers lined the hallway awaiting their turn to visit his bed side.
Singh said that he had put up a fight with his attacker, while an accomplice was a short distance away, standing guard.
After moments of struggle the bandit had gotten frustrated and fired a warning shot to the ground, however that did not stop Singh from fighting to keep his belongings.
Aggravated by the resistance of his victim, whom he obviously had no intention of killing, the frustrated bandit then opted to pump three bullets into Singh’s right leg.
Singh was weakened by his injuries and the bandit finally succeeded in ‘bursting off’ the two gold chains from his neck and yanking a bracelet from his arm.
Amazingly Singh continued to resist as the bandit then tried to relieve him of his cash, but luckily other clubbers had rushed to the scene upon hearing the gunshots causing the bandit and his accomplice to flee in the direction of Stone Avenue, Campbellville. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.