CURTIS CASTELLO, of First Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, is expected to be charged today with the attempted murder of businessman, Nazim Khan.Castello is the teenager who, along with two other suspects, one of whom is now dead, and another who is on the run, who robbed Khan on Saturday last of a gold chain and ring before shooting him in the hand.
The businessman was at the time hanging out at a bar with friends in Grove, when the men showed up on two separate motorcycles and carried out the daring afternoon robbery. After the businessman was shot, he whipped out his licensed firearm and returned fire at the men, hitting Michael Grant, 18, of Third Street, Agricola. Grant later died at the Diamond Hospital from a gunshot wound to the chest, while Castello was shot to neck and hand, and was hospitalised until yesterday when he was discharged.
The police are of the view that the third bandit is from Agricola, and they have since launched a manhunt for him.
Meanwhile, the police yesterday picked up three suspects for questioning in relation to the murder of businessman Farouk Hamid who operated a store on Regent Street.
According to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle, the police might be looking for other suspects in the murder of Hamid.
Additionally, the suspect in the murder of Dennis Narine, who was shot through a window while in his home, has been arrested.
Police sources confirmed that the suspect, whose name was given as Ravendra Ramdat, 20, of Grove, East Bank Demerara, was arrested in the community of La Grange. The man was at the time in a taxi circling the area where the reputed wife of the deceased lived.
It was this publication which reported that the woman and the suspect at one time shared a special relationship and when the woman decided to break off the friendship, the man became upset and retaliated by killing the woman’s husband.
He was reportedly spotted in the area earlier on the night of the murder.

By Leroy Smith