| The relatives of rice farmer,Brock Holt Jersey, Hardat Kissoon, were anxiously awaiting his return home from a city bank withDead: Hardat Kissoonthe cash he earned for his paddy.By mid afternoon they were greeted with the shocking news that a bandit posing as a passenger had shot him dead in a minibus. The shooter then made off with the cash that Kissoon had in his possession.From all indications, Kissoon was trailed by the bandit from a city bank to the Mahaica Bus Park after he had cashed a cheque which according to reports amounted to more than half million dollars.The bandit who was acting in consort with an accomplice on a CG motorcycle boarded the route 44 bus that he had caught and bided his time to strike.Police in their version of what transpired said that they were investigating an armed robbery that occurred about 14:35 hours yesterday at Turkeyen Public Road, during which Hardat Kissoon, 42, Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was shot and killed.According to the police, Kissoon was travelling in a minibus when another man in the vehicle requested to get off.As the man was passing Kissoon, he pulled out a firearm and held the rice farmer at gunpoint and demanded a bag that he had in his possession.A struggle ensued over the bag during which Hardat Kissoon was shot to his chest and the perpetrator escaped with the bag.Kissoon lay dead in the back seat of the minibus until his body was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead on arrival.“He went to de bank fuh draw rice cheque money,Air Max 270 Baratas,” the dead man’s brother,WBC Jerseys 2017, Namecoomar Ramgobin,Cheap NBA T-shirts Authentic, told this newspaper.Kaieteur News understands that the bus ride to Mahaica began smoothly. No one suspected that the man sitting in the seat in front of Kissoon was up to something evil, although he was constantly on his cell phone.It would seem that he was keeping in contact with his accomplice who was following on a motorcycle.As the bus passed the stop light at the junction of the main East Coast Demerara highway and the University of Guyana Access Road, the bandit requested to be let off much to the surprise of the other passengers and the minibus operators.According to another passenger of the bus as the bandit was exiting, he grabbed the rice farmer and demanded the bag he was carrying.But when Kissoon resisted, the bandit shot him at close range and snatched the bag and made good his escape.Upon seeing this, the other passengers began screaming.A police source told this newspaper that after shooting Kissoon, the bandit fled south into the UG Access Road and joined his accomplice on a waiting motorcycle.Although many persons are upset at the demise of Kissoon,Jae Crowder Jersey, they are questioning why he chose to ride in a minibus with the cash he had on his person.“I don’t know why he ain’t tek a taxi,” said another relative.Kissoon’s relatives were contacted after police used a cellular phone found on him to access their telephone numbers.His, mother and other relatives travelled from Cane Grove to the city where they positively identified him at the Lyken Funeral Parlour.Kissoon, a father of three, was described as a very hard working individual.“That cousin is a good guy…He work hard not only in rice but he does plant bora too,” said his cousin,Jake Arrieta Jersey, Unita.Police say they are checking footage from surveillance cameras in the vicinity with the hope of identifying the killer and his accomplice.This is the second reported incident in less than a week of bandits robbing persons after they had left city banks.Last week, young businessman Vinckopersaud Singh, narrowly escaped death, when a bullet that was intended for his head missed and shattered the left side window of his Mitsubishi Lancer motorcar, during a daring robbery on Brickdam.Singh of Ogle, East Coast Demerara, was forced to hand over $800,000 to the bandit who attacked him outside the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Blackberry Store on Brickdam, after trailing him from a city commercial bank. |
