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A 46-year-old Cummings Lodge businesswoman almost injured herself when bandits pointed their guns at her after robbing her 22-year-old son who was attending to their grocery store.Dhanrajie Ramdin, of 278 Fourth Field, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, sustained abrasions to her knees after she desperately tried to flee from the gunmen during the attack which occurred at about 14:30 hours on Tuesday.Despite her raising an alarm, the bandits who escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash,Julio Dominguez Jersey, fled in a waiting car unchallenged in a village renowned for confronting criminals.Speaking with this newspaper yesterday, Ramdin said that she was in a hammock in the verandah of her single flat house when she saw two men enter her yard where the grocery is situated.She said that her son was tending the shop and the men requested to purchase soft drinks. According to the businesswoman, she could not see the men or her son from her vantage point.However,Son Heung-min Jersey UK, her son Vijay Ramdin recalled that after forcing him into the building and holding him at gunpoint,Juan Carlos Medina Mexico Jersey, the men enquired about the other occupants of the house.“They ask whey all the people deh and when he told them that only he and his mother were at home,Matthias Ginter Dortmund Shirts, the men did not believe. They say they pass and see people. They even ask him for his father but my husband is not at home,” the businesswoman related.The bandits,David Silva Manchester City Jersey, after gun-butting the young man, then demanded that Vijay call out the occupants and he called for his mother.The businesswoman said that when she heard her son’s call, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.Ramdin then jumped over the verandah rail and began screaming at the top of her voice for assistance.“After a while I see them backing out with their guns in their hands. When they see me they point their guns at me and I fell down trying to run away,Erik Lamela Jersey UK,” Mrs. Ramdin recalled.The men then exited the yard and ran towards a car which they entered and sped away.A neighbour who claimed that he heard Ramdin’s call for assistance told this newspaper that before he could respond the men had already boarded the waiting vehicle.Ramdin said that this is not the first time that they have suffered at the hands of bandits.On a previous occasion,Daniel Lovitz Toronto Shirts, thieves broke into their business place and carted off a significant amount in stocks.Police were called in on Tuesday after the robbery, but so far no arrest has been made. |
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