Female Bourda Market vendor allegedly robbed at gunpoint

Dec 31, 2018 News

– claims cops yet to investigate her report

A female Bourda market vendor is accusing police of dragging their feet regarding an investigation into a robbery that was allegedly committed at her stall last Friday by a gun-toting man posing as a customer.
Twenty year old, Zabida Khan believes although the matter was reported the police are dragging their feet.
“We worked for the past three weeks 24 hrs trying to make ends meet. I need justice,” she said.
Khan stated that on the day in question, around 21:30hrs her husband left the stall to go home to freshen up and return. She then left a worker in the stall to deal with a customer as she went in to attend to her one-year-old son.
“After I finish with my son, I went back into the shop to see what the customer wanted. Suddenly, the man pulled out a silver gun and started demanding money and any other valuables we had.”

Stall owner: Zabida Khan

The victim recounted that the man then relieved her worker of two chains and an earring, valued at $77,000. He then took her chain, wedding ring, engagement ring and a BLU cell phone, all at a total value of $135,000.
“When he took our stuff, he still demanded us to hand over more. I told him that we don’t have anything else (because ) my husband just left.” A visually shaken Khan stated that the man then threatened to shoot them.
Pulling her by the hair, the man allegedly dragged her to the cash drawer where he took $300,000 in cash and $40,000 worth of phone cards. “I complied out of fear that he would hurt me or my child.”
Khan stated that after the man took the items, he ran out the stall to a waiting red and black motorcycle.
The traumatized woman indicated that around 21:30 hrs that very night, she went to the Bourda Police Outpost and ranks there directed her the Alberttown Police Station to make her report.
“I reported the matter to one Constable (name provided) and he promised to call me to take my statement and make arrangements for a visit to the crime scene.”
“To this date, the constable did not call me back and when I went to the police station on Saturday, no one else assisted me as they claimed the Corporal was not in.”

The stall where the incident took place

Although another vendor is suspected to be involved in planning the robbery and the men are known to be from a certain section of Georgetown, she alleged that no police ranks visited to take statements or check the crime scene to begin the investigation.
“We have been vending for over 20 years and this never happened. People work hard to make a dollar and it’s not fair for someone else to come and just take that away. I am sharing my story because I need justice and because this can happen to anyone.”

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