Bandits shoot, rob Canal #1 businessman
The property which was ransacked by bandits
The property which was ransacked by bandits

By Rabindra Rooplall

ARMED bandits stormed the home of 36-year-old businessman Dhaniram Tirbeni at Lot 13 Studley Park, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara at about 1:00hr on Monday, gaining access to the home by prising open a window in the lower flat of the building.Two of the four unmasked bandits then proceeded to the upper flat of the building, where four persons were asleep: the businessman and his wife in one room, and their two children in another.

Injured businessman: Dhaniram Tirbeni
Injured businessman: Dhaniram Tirbeni

Tirbeni was then awakened by gun butts to the head, whilst the bandits demanded cash and jewellery. He was placed to kneel with his hands behind his head, and then shot once to the right arm. He also received cuts to the head from the beating.

The bandits then ransacked the entire home before making good their escape with jewellery and an undisclosed sum of cash.

Relatives rushed Tirbeni to a city hospital, where he was admitted and is said to be in a stable condition.

The Tirbeni family operates a grocery shop and poultry business, and relatives say the Tirbenis are traumatised and are calling on police to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Police found the keys of the businessman’s vehicle in a neighbour’s yard, as investigations into the robbery continue.

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