Shot Parika taxi driver still critical
Ramesh Persaud: Taxi driver shot in head and neck
Ramesh Persaud: Taxi driver shot in head and neck

NINETEEN-year-old, Ramesh Persaud, an East Bank Essequibo taxi driver remains warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) suffering two bullet wounds to the head and neck, after being shot by two young men who had hired his car on a trip to Zeelugt last Saturday night.

The bullet to his head exited, but the other remains in his neck and doctors are skeptical about removing it, since based on how and where it is positioned, he might likely become paralysed if it is removed.
His mother, Amelia Persaud called “Rose,” giving an account of the incident, recalled that her son had bought his car only about six weeks ago and was just into the third week working it.
Two Saturdays ago, her son, who lives at Parika “backdam,” was in the vicinity of Parika when a young man about his own age approached him around 09:30hrs requested to be taken to Zeelugt. The man got into the car and they drove off.
Shortly after, the hirer asked Persaud to stop at Golden World Restaurant near the junction so he could pick up a friend. The first man on board sat in the passenger’s seat next to the driver and the second man to board sat in the back seat, behind Persaud. They asked to be taken to Zeelugt New Scheme and Persaud complied.
But on arriving at their destination, the men enquired what was the charge, and Persaud told them $2,000. Persaud said, without uttering a word, the man in the back seat pulled out a weapon and shot him in the head. They then exited the car. Meanwhile, Persaud had slumped over the steering wheel and pretended to be dead. At that point, the man in front, allegedly told his partner at the back to shoot again and make sure that he (Ramesh Persaud) was dead.
They both went around the car and stood up outside the driver’s window and discharged a second round – the one which is now left in his neck, then fled the scene.
After the men had left, Persaud used his cellular phone and called his brother, Roland, who also operates a hire car, and he in turn phoned their mother who was travelling home to Parika “backdam” after selling at the Hydronie market.
Ramesh struggled to put on the ignition, then drove from Zeelugt to Boerasirie Bridge. At that point, under pain and profuse bleeding from his wounds, he gave up driving and prayed that his brother would get there fast.
On arriving, his family took him to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, (LCH) but while on the way there, they spotted a police patrol vehicle and reported the incident. The police accompanied him to the LCH where he was examined and transferred to the GPH.
Ramesh complains of having bled profusely from his ears. He experiences biting pains in his neck and his left eye is continuously oozing water. But at night, he said he suffers the most.
His tearful mother, Rose related that her husband is a farmer and sells greens at Parika. The boys have always helped them farm and sell, and six weeks ago when Ramesh bought his car, he told his parents of his plans to help make life easier for them. Now, three weeks later, his plans have been all rudely dashed.
Rose recalled that as she was about to leave for home, she phoned Ramesh and enquired if he was ready to go home. But his reply was that he was going to do two more runs before “closing off”.

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