SAVITRI Harricharran, a mother of three of Tucville, Georgetown, was yesterday morning shot to her side by a gunman who is suspected to have trailed her from a city bank.The Guyana Chronicle Newspaper was told that the woman was shot on Robb Street as she was enquiring about the price of a cooking utensil to be used today for the making of sweet meats for the holiday.
Her eldest son who spoke with this publication at the Georgetown Public Hospital related that he received the news about the shooting of his mother moments after he had arrived home on the East Coast of Demerara.
After speaking with his mother, the young man who entertained questions from the media said that his mother told him that she went to the bank and withdrew $10,000 which she placed into her bag. According to him, his mother was approached shortly by the bandit who grabbed her bag and as she attempted to hold onto to it she was shot.
The man then fled with the bag containing a cell phone and the $10,000 into a waiting motorcar; but according to persons in the area, they did not get a chance to note the registration plate for the vehicle.
Savitri is said to be the operator of a business in the interior where she cooks and sells, while the rearing of her cattle is done at the Georgetown address.
Up to late yesterday, the woman was said to be out of danger and according to her relatives, she was responding to treatment and communicating.
The police have not been able to arrest anyone just yet for the shooting, but investigations are in progress.

(Leroy Smith)