Supermarket owner on the run after “stashed” killer bus uncovered

Dec 14, 2018 News

Four days after a hit-and run driver left 15-year-old Karrchan Khamraj dead on the Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), Public road and his 16-year-old friend, Reaz Shaw, in a critical state, the vehicle that was involved in the gruesome act was found hidden at the back of a bakery in Mon Repos.
The vehicle, with shattered windscreen, and damage to the left side, was located at the bakery, which is owned by a Chinese woman.
The bus, bearing registration number GWW 2140, is reportedly owned by another Chinese national, C. Wen, who has a store at Lot 10 Vigilance, East Coast Demerara.
His whereabouts are now unknown.
Traffic Chief, Linden Isles, told Kaieteur News last night that police are making diligent efforts to locate him.
He confirmed that the damage to the bus indicated that the vehicle was involved in an accident.
Relatives of the two victims had said that two broken sections of a number plate were left near the scene. One part showed ‘GW’ and another part showed the numbers ‘40’.
Yesterday, this publication received information that there were two Silver Gray Toyota Hiace buses which bore number plates that were a close match to the broken plate.
One bearing registration number GWW 2140, was registered to an individual identified as C. Wen of Lot 10 Vigilance ECD.
C.Wen, a Chinese national, owned a supermarket which is located a short distance from the Vigilance Police Station.
On visiting the location, a resident disclosed that he had not seen “the silver-grey bus” which is used by the Chinese supermarket owner since Sunday night.
The source directed Kaieteur News to Mon Repos where a bakery was located.
On checking at the location, Kaieteur News observed a tarpaulin-covered object at the back of the makeshift bakery.
A female Chinese national eventually came outside. On being questioned about the whereabouts of the man who drove the “silver bus,” the woman claimed that she had no idea what the reporter was referring to.
She left shortly after with another woman and a man who had arrived with a car.
Kaieteur News then contacted ranks at the Vigilance Police Station who
eventually gained access to the bakery and upon lifting the tarpaulin, found the silver-grey Toyota Hiace minibus.
The number plates were missing, the windscreen was shattered and the front of the vehicle was damaged.
The vehicle was processed by police crime scene photographers and lodged at the Vigilance station.
The woman who had earlier abandoned the premises later turned up at the Vigilance Station with a lawyer.
She told investigators that a friend had left the vehicle at her premises while she was out. An employee allegedly told her that the bus owner said that he would return for the vehicle in a few days.
The woman also stated that she believed that the driver had gone to Suriname. Kaieteur News understands that she also
alleged that she later learned that the vehicle was involved in an accident.
The police have since released the woman and have asked her to return today.
Karrchan Khamraj, 15, was struck down and killed at around 19:00 hours on Sunday while towing his friend, Reaz Shaw, on the Annandale Public Road.
The driver fled the scene

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