FOUR armed and masked bandits Sunday night terrorised and robbed a family of Zorg Village on the Essequibo Coast. According to reports the bandits who were heavily armed with guns and cutlasses entered the home of businessman Asif Khan at around 20:00 hrs and demanded money and jewellery.

The bandits who entered the house via a door that was open on the lower flat of the two-storey building attacked the businessman’s wife who was chatting on the phone with her mother downstairs. According to reports two bandits held her at gunpoint demanding money while the other two ran up the steps to the upper flat and held the businessman who was charging his Blackberry phone at gunpoint also.
The bandits tied up the businessman and his wife with towels while demanding money and jewellery.
The businessman suffered a cut in his head which required some eight stitches.
The bandits ransacked the house and escaped with some $200,000 in cash, a quantity of jewellery, phone cards and groceries from the shop via the dark seawall which is close to the businessman’s house.
Reports said police who arrived on the scene some one hour after the robbery are currently conducting investigations.
Meanwhile, residents are calling for more police patrols in the area.

(By Rajendra Prabhulall)