Cop
shot
at
Corentyne
robbery
–
bandits
beat
US
Guyanese,
cart
off
over
$4M
By
Shabna
Ullah
A
policeman
suffered
gunshot
injuries
to
his
face
while
responding
to
a
robbery
at
Hampshire,
Corentyne
around
7.30
pm
on
Wednesday
and
is
currently
a
patient
at
the
Georgetown
Public
Hospital
(GPH).
Constable
20387
Sadram
Singh,
20,
a
member
of
the
Tactical
Services
Unit
(TSU)
based
at
the
Albion
Police
Station
and
four
other
policemen
responded
to
the
call.
As
he
was
about
to
exit
the
vehicle
at
the
scene,
Singh
told
this
newspaper,
he
was
hit
by
a
shotgun
blast
which
saw
four
pellets
enter
the
left
side
of
his
face
and
lodge
in
his
upper
and
lower
jaw,
forehead
and
temple.
He
was
rushed
to
the
New
Amsterdam
Hospital
where
he
was
treated
and
subsequently
transferred
to
the
GPH.
His
condition
is
listed
as
stable.
Singh
and
the
other
members
of
the
TSU
were
on
an
anti-crime
patrol
when
they
received
a
call
about
a
robbery
at
the
Hampshire
Village
home
of
Ramsammy
Moonsammy.
Flashback
-
Armed
gang
robs
Canje
Gopie
Singh
According
to
reports,
five
masked
bandits
were
making
their
way
out
of
Moonsammy’s
premises
when
the
police
patrol
arrived.
The
bandits
immediately
opened
fire,
hitting
Singh,
and
as
the
policemen
took
cover,
they
turned
back
and
escaped
through
the
backyard.
According
to
reports,
two
officers
took
Singh
to
the
hospital,
while
the
others
remained
and
conducted
investigations.
A
press
release
from
the
police
said
“two
male
suspects
have
been
arrested
and
a
motor
car
suspected
to
have
been
used
by
the
armed
men
was
detained
by
the
police.”
Their
accomplices
are
also
being
sought.
Four
empty
cartridges
were
recovered
at
the
scene
by
the
police.
This
newspaper
learnt
that
the
masked
gunmen
stormed
Moonsammy’s
home
and
carted
off
over
$4
million
including
$600,000;
US$8,000,
a
quantity
of
gold
jewellery,
a
digital
camera
and
three
cellular
phones.
A
digital
camera
The
Moonsammys
were
terrorized
and
robbed
by
bandits.
Kaieteur
News
Moonsammy,
53,
a
US-based
Guyanese
from
New
Jersey
had
come
home
along
with
his
wife,
Nadira,
daughters,
Nadina
and
Laleena
and
son-in-law
Lincoln
Maharaj
to
perform
a
religious
function.
Moonsammy
told
this
newspaper
yesterday
that
he
and
his
family
were
sitting
under
the
house
just
before
8
pm
when
the
bandits
barged
into
the
yard.
They
ordered
him
to
get
down
on
the
ground
and
gun-butted
him
in
his
face.
They
also
ordered
him
to
remove
the
gold
jewellery
he
was
wearing
at
the
time,
worth
some
$1
million.
One
of
the
bandits
guarded
him
while
the
others
took
his
wife
and
one
of
his
daughters
upstairs
and
demanded
that
they
hand
over
money
and
more
jewellery.
They
gun-butted
his
wife
and
kicked
her.
The
woman
who
was
in
severe
pain
when
this
newspaper
visited
the
home
yesterday
had
to
seek
medical
attention.
She
was
too
traumatized
to
speak.
Moonsammy
said
the
gunmen
threatened
to
assault
his
daughter
forcing
her
to
retrieve
US$8,000
from
a
bag.
They
then
kicked
open
the
three
bedroom
doors
which
the
family
had
locked
earlier
and
ransacked
the
rooms,
upturning
mattresses
in
the
process.
Moonsammy
said
his
family
had
ordered
a
quantity
of
jewellery
and
the
jeweller
had
delivered
the
items
on
Wednesday,
the
day
of
the
robbery.
Meanwhile,
Constable
Singh,
originally
from
72
Maria’s
Lodge,
Essequibo
told
this
newspaper
that
after
he
was
hit
in
the
face,
he
dropped
to
the
ground
and
sought
cover
in
the
drain,
while
more
shots
were
fired
at
his
colleagues
who
were
also
forced
to
take
cover.
He
said
after
the
bandits
escaped,
he
was
rushed
to
the
hospital.
Singh
said
yesterday
that
he
was
waiting
to
be
examined
by
another
doctor
after
which
the
next
course
of
action
would
be
decided.
Singh
said
the
pellet
that
was
of
the
most
concern
to
him
was
the
one
in
his
upper
jaw
since
it
was
almost
on
the
bone.
The
left
side
of
his
face
was
swollen
and
Singh
said
that
he
was
in
a
lot
of
pain.
Singh
has
been
in
the
police
force
for
nearly
two
years.
(Additional
reporting
by
Tiffny
Rhodius)
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