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THE Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) is urging business persons to be more alert while moving large sums of money from place to place; and persons are also asked to be mindful with whom they share information about their business and their movements. The ministry, in a press statement on Tuesday, noted the most recent attack on businessman Cecil Gajadar on March 25, by bandits who attempted to relieve him of a substantial amount of cash while he was sitting in his car on Camp Street, Georgetown.
However, the ministry is pleased that the bandits were thwarted in executing their nefarious plan and that there was no loss of life or injuries sustained by anyone.
The release said, “This no doubt is, in no small measure, as a result of the prompt intervention of an alert police officer, who was in the vicinity at the time.”
The ministry also pointed to the striking similarity, albeit with very different outcomes, between this incident and that involving the late Akbar Alli, who in July 2008, together with his wife, came to the city to conduct business. They were confronted by bandits who shot and regrettably killed Alli and stole a large amount of cash from them.
Meanwhile, the Home Affairs Ministry and the Guyana Police Force remain committed to the fight against crime, but citizens also have a responsibility to ensure that they do not make themselves easy targets, the release stated.
It added that it is apposite to note that having approached the Ministry of Home Affairs in November 2011, with regard to an application for a firearm licence, representation was made by the ministry on behalf of Gajadar to the police. However, the police are yet to conclude processing Mr. Gajadar’s application.
It is to be recalled that Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, in his address at the Annual Conference of Police Officers of the Guyana Police Force on March 14, 2013, stated: “The Force is tasked with the provision of better citizen security, therefore more dedicated efforts must be made to reduce the incidence of robberies and other crimes in the country.
More use must be made of the images derived from the cameras that have been installed around the city as a tool in identifying suspects who have committed robberies within the view of the cameras.”
However, the ministry is pleased that the bandits were thwarted in executing their nefarious plan and that there was no loss of life or injuries sustained by anyone.
The release said, “This no doubt is, in no small measure, as a result of the prompt intervention of an alert police officer, who was in the vicinity at the time.”
The ministry also pointed to the striking similarity, albeit with very different outcomes, between this incident and that involving the late Akbar Alli, who in July 2008, together with his wife, came to the city to conduct business. They were confronted by bandits who shot and regrettably killed Alli and stole a large amount of cash from them.
Meanwhile, the Home Affairs Ministry and the Guyana Police Force remain committed to the fight against crime, but citizens also have a responsibility to ensure that they do not make themselves easy targets, the release stated.
It added that it is apposite to note that having approached the Ministry of Home Affairs in November 2011, with regard to an application for a firearm licence, representation was made by the ministry on behalf of Gajadar to the police. However, the police are yet to conclude processing Mr. Gajadar’s application.
It is to be recalled that Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, in his address at the Annual Conference of Police Officers of the Guyana Police Force on March 14, 2013, stated: “The Force is tasked with the provision of better citizen security, therefore more dedicated efforts must be made to reduce the incidence of robberies and other crimes in the country.
More use must be made of the images derived from the cameras that have been installed around the city as a tool in identifying suspects who have committed robberies within the view of the cameras.”
