FOLLOWING the interrogation of teenagers who were in the area when a Parika, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) businessman was shot dead at his home on April, 30, 2019, police said they are working on new leads.

According to information received, the lawmen are making efforts to arrest the two bandits who allegedly robbed and killed the businessman at his residence. The 46-year-old, Somdat ‘Rakesh’ Ramgobin, of Parika Backdam, EBE is also a farmer and mechanic.

Reports indicate that the businessman was cooking when the bandits attacked him. One of the bandits, who brandished a handgun, entered the businessman’s premises and demanded cash and jewellery.

Ramgobin after being struck with a bottle to his head, handed over a sum of cash and directed the men inside of his grocery shop, located at the front, where he had more cash. Police said that as the suspects were leaving, the unarmed bandit took away the firearm from his accomplice and reportedly shot the businessman and they then escaped in a waiting motorcar. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital. The body was transported to the Ezekiel’s Parlour and an autopsy revealed that he died of shock and hemorrhage.