DILIGENT police investigation has led to the capture of three men who are believed to have been involved in the recent robbery of a grocery parlour at Nigg, East Berbice, Corentyne.Commander of ‘B’ Division, Ian Amsterdam, confirmed that three men are in custody assisting with the investigation and charges are expected to be laid soon, as the police seek the other suspects in the robbery.
Those in custody are said to be from the Nigg/Hampshire area. On Wednesday evening at around 19:00hrs, five armed men stormed the Karamalall’s Grocery parlour as they were about to close.
According to Nandeshwar Karamalall, known as “chill,” at around 19:00hrs on Wednesday evening, he was about to close the shop, which opened its doors only four months ago, when the masked men who were armed with guns and cutlasses stormed the shop and attacked him. He said the bandits demanded cash and jewellery.
His visibly traumatized wife, Dharama Devi Karamalall, said three of the gunmen jumped over the counter and one of them gun-butted her to the head while demanding money and jewellery; the other two remained on the other side with her husband.
In tears, she recalled handing over a quantity of phone cards, approximately 60,000 in cash and cigarettes as the men held on to her three-year-old daughter threatening to hurt her if she does not comply with their demands.
According to her, even after handing over the items, the bandits demanded more but her 12-year-old got on her knees and pleaded with the men not to hurt her sister or parents.