FIVE gun-toting bandits robbed the wife of a rice miller as she was celebrating her son’s 20th birthday at their Lot 5, Number 46 Village home on the Corentyne on Sunday.The masked thieves grabbed the freshly-baked birthday cake and other delicacies along with cash, jewellery, cell-phones, cheques and groceries totalling some $1.131M from Jasmattie Harrichand, called ‘Shalini’.

The mother of three told the Guyana Chronicle that seconds earlier, after receiving a telephone call about a robbery at Number 48 Village, she hurriedly called her husband, Rabindranauth, 48, who was a village away, and her son, Ravi, who was having a birthday drink with his friend at a neighbouring house.
But as she was attempting to secure her home, the door on the lower flat of the two-storied building, just after 21.30hrs, she felt a resistance, and soon discovered that her home was under attack by bandits.
“There were five men, three armed with long rifles while two had cutlasses. They told me not to holler, for if I did, they would kill me. I kept quiet. In the meanwhile, my son, and his friend Amar, heard the strange voices and they ran over to see what was transpiring, and it was during this period, the bandits tied our hands behind our backs. My thirteen-year-old daughter Amrita was also there, but they did not tie her. They questioned her, and demanded that she give them everything, even as they threaten to violate her if she did not comply with their instructions.”
According to Ms. Harrichand, the five men were dressed in long, dark clothing and wore latex gloves, along with hooded black and brown masks.
Further, the bandits placed them to kneel on the floor and their mouths were tied with pieces of cloth.
They were placed in the washroom facilities, after which the bandits escaped.
Meanwhile, earlier at Number 48 Village, Nadira Beeram Singh, 50 years, of Lot 522 #48 Village Corentyne, Berbice, was under her home when four masked barefooted bandits demanded cash and jewels.

The woman related that she told the intruders that she was a poor woman, who had nothing. However, the bandits ransacked the two-bedroom property before hurriedly leaving after she raised an alarm.
Earlier on Sunday, goldsmith Gurpaul Rampaul, called ‘Amit’, 27 years, of Lot 27 Grant 104, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice was robbed of $200,000.00 Guyana currency and a quantity of jewellery and two cell phones, all in excess of $2.5M.
The incident occurred at about 10:30 hrs at Yakusari Access Road, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, and was committed by four men who were wore black hood masks.
Three were armed with long guns while the other was armed with a cutlass.
Rampaul, was returning home in his motorcar, PNN 6320, after plying his trade at the Yakusari Market, when he was attacked by the four men, one of whom pointed the gun at him, causing him to stop. The men took the valuables which were in a black haversack that was on the floor in the front seat before relieving him of the cash which was in his pockets and the cell phone which was in the front passenger seat.
He was then placed in the trunk of his car before the bandits escaped. Fortunately, he managed to open the trunk and was able to summon help.

 
By Jeune Vankeric