–    sought discharge from hospital since one of the two shooters said job was not done
PARMANAND Bacchus, 45, of Non Pariel, who was shot and injured while fishing at the Strathspey Seawall, also on the East Coast of Demerara, last October 27, was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Sunday.
But yesterday, still recuperating from his injuries, he told the Guyana Chronicle he asked for his discharge because he cannot sleep in the institution, since one of the two shooters said the job was not done.
Recalling the incident, Bacchus said the two young men approached him at the scene and began chatting with him but, after they confirmed he was nicknamed ‘Fat Man’, they fired at him
and missed.
He lost his footing and fell and the men, who became angry, fired more shots at his head with a small calibre weapon that was thrown into the sea channel.
The father of three said he dived into the water and managed to swim away in the pulling tide, with a little finger fitting into the hole the bullet made in his head.
“I felt the blood and I put my little finger in the wound and filled it. When I could not see the men anymore, I came out of the water and rode my bicycle to a relative’s house some distance away and was taken to the police station, then to the hospital,” he remembered.
Bacchus said, at first, when the men told him they were there to kill him, he laughed, thinking it was a joke. But he realised it was for real when one of the men pulled out a gun from his pants waist, aimed it at him and fired.
The wounded man said his relatives took him to Vigilance Police Station, also on East Coast Demerara, where the ranks, after questioning him about what had happened, gave him a document and told him to go to the hospital but, even now, no further statement was taken from him by investigators.
Bacchus said a scan showed that the bullet was not in his head but had grazed his skull and he is very thankful to be alive, hoping that the culprits who almost ended his life are brought to justice.
He said since he separated from his wife, in 2005, his life has been a “living hell” and he cannot live in peace.
Bacchus believes that the woman, with whom he has a court battle over property, is behind the shooting.
She was arrested the same day it happened but was released and he alleged that she has since threatened him following his departure from the hospital and vowed to end his life.