A policeman was injured when he went to the assistance of two persons who were being robbed by two bandits early yesterday morning at Eccles.
Police reported that at about 02:50 hrs, Police Sergeant 18905 Chandradat Kuldeep, along with his wife and three friends were on their way home when he observed two men on a motor scooter robbing a man and a woman of their jewellery on the Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara. The police rank and his three friends went to the assistance of the two persons being robbed and during this process a third perpetrator on a bicycle attacked the police Sergeant’s wife in an attempt to rob her. The Sergeant ran back to his wife’s assistance and during a scuffle with the man he was stabbed to his neck with an ice-pick.
The two men on the scooter and the man on the bicycle managed to escape.
Sergeant Kuldeep was taken to a private hospital where his wound was stitched and he was admitted for further medical attention. His condition is regarded as stable.