ABHIMANYU Dalchand, 25, son of businessman, Manichand Dalchand, of Region Two, was robbed on Saturday of an undisclosed amount of cash by two armed men at Onderneeming Village, Essequibo Coast.

The incident occurred around midday on Saturday. According to Dalchand, he was supplying purified water in a street in the village when two men, one masked and the other without, placed a wood in front of his vehicle.
The wood barred him from going forward.
One of men then put a gun to his head and the other demanded money.
The man then put his hand into the Dalchand’s pocket and took his money. The businessman said the money was the sales for the day.
After robbing the businessman, the men then took the keys belonging to the water truck, broke the businessman’s mobile phone and escaped behind a koker.
“When they left me, I immediately watched around, no one was around, I then pick up the phone and called my father who immediately called the Suddie Police station. I am happy to be alive,” the younger Dalchand said.

Meanwhile, his father related that the police at Suddie did not have a vehicle at the time but later arrived on the scene in a car. By then, the thieves were nowhere to be found.
The businessman’s truck was then taken to the Suddie Police Station where police took finger prints. It was the second robbery in two weeks for the family. Only last week their store at Anna Regina was robbed. Police are investigating both robberies. The Dalchands are the only suppliers for the Krisna Balram purified water. The family has a gas station, a boutique and a snackette at Anna Regina.

This newspaper also received reports that two other families were robbed at Cotton Field and Richmond. A electronic store at Colombia was also robbed recently. Residents are calling on the police to be more vigilant in the region.