–while ‘relieving himself’

THE police are searching for a man who reportedly shot a 22-year-old farmer of Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara while relieving himself near a parked vehicle on Sunday night.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 23:45hrs at Clonbrook, also on the East Coast.

Police say the injured farmer, Khemraj Gangaram was attending a function at Clonbrook when he ventured across the road to urinate in the vicinity of a parked motor vehicle; in the course of doing so, he heard two loud explosions and observed a male pointing a handgun at him.

In attempting to flee, Gangaram reportedly felt a burning sensation on his left hand and right thigh and realised he was shot.

He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and admitted in a stable condition. No arrest has yet been made.