Gunmen beat, rob Meten–Meer–Zorg businessman

Dec 11, 2015 News

– threatened to kill 5-year-old boy
A businessman is now left traumatized and counting his losses after two armed men invaded his Meten–

Ravindra Persaud

Meer–Zorg, West Coast Demerara home.
The robbery occurred at approximately 03:00 hrs on Wednesday, and according to 41–year–old Ravindra Persaud, the masked men gained entry by removing louvre window panes in his bathroom.
He said that the noise woke him up and upon checking, he came face to face with the gunmen, who pointed their weapons at him, demanding cash and jewellery.
He said that the men also gun-butted him and cuffed him about his body. The bandits took away the businessman’s cell phone and a bicycle, leaving behind the bicycle that they came with.
Persaud owns and operates ‘Ravo’s Pool Shop, Grocery and Beer Garden’ which is located at his premises. He has been operating this establishment for the past 15 years.
Persaud said that he gave the gunmen just over $40,000 and told them that he did not have any jewellery. However, upon hearing that, one of the men placed a gun to the head of his five–year–old son and threatened to kill him. The bandit also fired a shot, while inside the house, leaving a gaping hole in the wall.
“…And he ask fuh gold and me tell am me nah got no gold. And he put the gun pon da li’l bai head and seh if me na give him the gold, he guh shoot the li’l bai. So me tell am shoot me, nah shoot the li’l bai, and me start beg he and thing,” the traumatized businessman told this publication.
A neighbour who heard the screams at the house thought someone