THE sad death of the late Mr. Victor Da Silva, and robbery of  $8M, property of businessman and gas station owner  Mr. Cecil Gajadhar, was due to utter miserliness.  It should not have happened.  This dead man leaves his family to mourn and suffer.  As a breadwinner, what happens to his family?

 Most employers of gas stations and businesses do not insure their employees for death or accidental injuries.  If Mr. Gajadhar did not have insurance for his employee, he should be made to pay substantially.

In the not-too- distant past, the same Mr. Cecil Gajadhar was robbed of over $4M while doing (or about to do) business at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) complex on Camp Street.  Fortunately, alert police officials nabbed the bandits and recovered the money.  I hope Gajadhar gave a financial reward to the police personnel.
 
My question is this:did Mr. Cecil Gajadhar not learn from this lesson?  He was advised according to my understanding, that a banking institution had arranged for a security service to forward him a note on charges for cash transports.  But he refused to contract the quality cash transport carrier with insurance to transport his money.  Now look at the result.  It is obvious that in the first robbery he was being trailed and targeted. Then he took another chance with such a large sum, and caused injuries to himself, loss of  $8M and worst of all, death to an innocent, working man.  This is horrifying and annoying. 
 
I am wondering if by some means the police could study this matter or even the DPP, and see if charges can be brought against Mr. Gajadhar for negligence causing death.  While I sympathise with his loss and the death of his employee,  Mr. Gajadhar needs to learn his lesson well.    I am sure, that could he have turned back the clock or the ‘hands of time’, and hired an armed escort vehicle to accompany him, or used an armoured transport, he would do just that.  But this is not possible.
 
My advice to business people and anyone transporting large sums of cash is to contract a proper security service, which is equipped with the personnel, the vehicles, insurance and expertise.  All it would have cost Mr. Gajadhar is about $10,000 for a safe and reliable transport of his monies, from Foulis, East Coast Demerara, which would have been insured.
 
Any sums of money being taken to or from a bank or anywhere valued over $50,000 should be transported by an armoured taxi at least, which could cost just $1,500 – $2000 for a short drop (with optional insurance), and larger sums with a fully armoured truck.  People have to be cautious, and realise that bandits are lurking at banking institutions, streets, and even one’s own employees could help to set them up.  Of course, even the banks employees are known to have done such things.  For a few thousand dollars, hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars could be saved, and most of all, the most valuable to anyone – one’s life!
 
My heart and that of my management and staff, and my family go out to the family of Mr. DaSilva. I really am sorry for him and his family.  People of Guyana, please be aware and care yourselves and your assets.  Do not be pennywise and millions and lives foolish.