A regular work night turned deadly for a 70-year-old taxi driver when he was stabbed by his passengers and robbed of cash before being left to die in his car on a lonely street in Stewartville, West Bank Demerara.
Nazir Khan
Dead is Nazir Khan of Lot 172 Parika Railway Line, East Bank Essequibo and an employee of Rockers Taxi Service also located in Parika. He is also an insurance officer and a school bus driver for an Islamic School located at Meten-Meer-Zorg.
According to information reaching Stabroek News, Khan was last seen around 11 pm when he left the base with two passengers bound for Stewartville.
Several hours later, around 6 am he was discovered in a reclined position in the driver’s seat with a stab wound in the chest area and parts of his body, including his face, covered with blood.
When he was found, $18,000 that he had left home with and his earnings for the night, as well as his identification card, were missing.
The car PLL 5548 was found in an area which is not very populated and no one recalled hearing anything unusual before the discovery was made. It is unclear if the murder weapon was recovered at the scene.
Up to press time last night no one had been held over the incident which has the appearance of a robbery gone bad.
When this newspaper visited the place Khan had called home for the last 34 years, his wife and neighbours were distraught over his brutal passing.
His wife, Budhia called Sursattie tearfully recounted that Khan left the house for work around 8:30 pm after counting $18,000 which he said he had for someone.
She said that around 11:30 pm she tried contacting him on his cellular phone on several occasions and was unsuccessful, getting voicemail each time. Becoming a bit worried, Budhia stated that she called the taxi service and was told by the dispatcher that her husband “gone out pon a wuk” and he was unable to assist her with more information.
The car 70-year-old Nazir Khan was found in yesterday morning.
The woman said that she then contacted her son who is a presidential guard and he informed her that a body was found at Stewartville and since his father could not be contacted he had gone to check it out. Budhia said that she suspected that it was her husband and shortly after her worst fears were confirmed.
According to her, her husband sustained a stab wound in the region of the heart and blood was also evident on his foot. The money he had left home with along with his earnings up to the point when he was killed, were missing she said. His cellular phone was subsequently discovered a short distance away from the car.
Fighting now to hold back her tears, the mother of two said that Khan had only been operating the taxi which belongs to his friend for nine months now.
Stabroek News was told that the man had no enemies and was a very jovial and caring person. Those who knew him are convinced that the incident was a robbery/murder.
Samad Hussein, one of his friends told the media yesterday that two strange men went to the base that night. Stabroek News understands that it was these men who subsequently hired Khan to take them to Stewartville. The man recalled that when he saw the body at the Leonora Cottage Hospital there was blood on his face. He said one person could not have killed him. “Why would they kill him”, Hussein questioned.
His remains are at the West Demerara Hospital mortuary awaiting a post- mortem examination. Khan is the latest in a long line of taxi drivers to be murdered since 2002 by criminals. Dozens of others have been hijacked, barely escaping with their lives.
My condolences goes out to another family whose loved one has been taken away from them by criminal elements in guyana, i hope whosoever committed this dastardly act is caught and made to pay for what they have done.
Amenra, notice that these days when we open SN to read stories and accompanying blogs, we have to read where condolences are being sent by bloggers? Is it possible that we are now becoming numb or accustomed to murders in Guyana that condolences are expected at the end of such horrific stories? Arguements have been made about Guyana being a criminalized state, a failed state and now it is obvious that it is a lawless state. Government, police and army are now numbered among the common street criminals as preying on innocent Guyanese who now have no recourse for justice. I tell you at this rate, a complete breakdown ic imminent unless there is a change of government and reformation of police and army. This government is too corrupt to make the required difference.
Dandy,,,you need to be reminded that this is 2009, these arguements were made in the 70’s and 80’s,,, Guyana has moved a far way from the failed state sinerio , however it is regrettable that these incidents continue to happen now and again by a group of criminals who are bent on creating havock in Guyana,,,and another group on the standby to bad mouth the country…
my condolences to this family…
Oops, just back from shopping and soon to have good lunch and snooze and din get chance to write down the usual for Shamroo:
“This conclusively, condigingly apparent, massively, unshamedely, definetely, condignily unassiablebly, without doubt, in black and white, proven,documented, SN certified, etec, etec, et, that Guyana now truly gone to the crimnals with crime eveywhere.and the Governmetn can’t do nothing . NUTHIN I SAY ! Don’t mind that people get kill in Barbados almost every day you stupid people vote for this goverement and will continue to vote for ever for it. You deserve everything you get EVETYHTING ! STEUPID ! SUPIDEE! …..”
(In quotes, meaning they said it, get it folks ?)
I want fo know how Stabroek News know that is de passengers who murda de man!!
MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY, I KNOW THEY MUST BE HURTING SINCE HE DID NOT DIE, HE WAS KILLED. OBVIOUSLY THIS 70 YEAR OLD MAN DID THREE JOBS; AND OF COURSE THAT IN ITSELF IS NOT A CRIME HOWEVER, WHY WOULD HE BE DRIVING A TAXI AT NIGHT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON IN GUYANA TODAY? I DON’T LIVE THERE AND I AM VERY MUCH AWARE, AND WHY WOULD A TAXI DRIVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH 18,000 AT THAT HOUR OF THE NIGHT IF HE IS GOING TO WORK A CAR AND EARN MONEY?. A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING CHANGE I CAN UNDERSTAND, BUT THIS AMOUNT? AT HIS AGE, HE SHOULD BE AT HOME IN HIS BED INSTEAD OF DRIVING A TAXI ON DANGEROUS GUYANA ROADS AT NIGHT. THIS IS TRULY A SHAME, I DO HOPE HIS EMPLOYER HAS THE COMPENSATION TO PAY HIS FAMILY, HE WAS KILLED WHILE ON DUTY, WASN’T HE? THIS IS TRULY SAD, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE.
Stop spewing Garbage early morning Dubaiciti,,,,
My condolences to this familty.
Well Dubai City the guy probably couldn’t get his NIS payments since the commandeer in chief said he made a bad investment and thus NIS 34 Million USD was lost.
NIS probably cannot pay the man his lil money.
What a sickening thing to read.
These killers showed no mercy too Mr. Khan, and should therefore be hunted down relentlessly.
wow this is so sad..amen
This level of crime and voilence in Guyana must be addressed. Its a pity the Government of Guyana is at best handicapped in acting against it or at worst complicit.
My sincere condolences to this family.
But this again shows you how many people are being killed day after day in Guyana and what is Rohee and jagdoe doing about it?
How many people have to be robbed and killed before they stop their nonsense with CPG’s, stop spending money on chronicle and propaganda and start spending money on police services and security in this country?
When? again I ask what have they done the past 17 years?
ow bhai you never fail.
Every citizen has a moral obligation to be security conscious,preventative measures should have been taken in this case like something called a camera.
If every citizen has an obligation what obligation does your PPP have to the people of this country?
17 years what have they done? name one world class security initiative this government has implemented.
Name one project they did world class without IDB loan.
Brandon,i know it is a bit cooler in T.O than it is in the pothole riddled streets of NY,i hope it is not affecting you but you can recall this,”ask not what your country can do for you,but what you can do for your country”.
It is amazing how people like witch Dacta can never answer the question of what has the PPP done the past 17 years but they keep posting dumb messages here daily.
Again I ask what has the PPP done in 17 years witchy?
This incident is proof that Taxi driving is one of the most dangerous occupations in GY.
How about just being in Guyana is a hazardous occupation?
What the hell is wrong in Guyana, when they are not robing and murdering 70yrs old taxi driver. They are robing, raping and murdering 80yrs old granny, what next ?.
Capital Punishment is not a crime.Start breaking a few necks and see the results.My condolence to this family.
String up about five them one time, I bet you it will a difference.
time for the ppp regime to go vote them out come 2011 untill
then people of guyana bear your burden..
Why are we so focused on blaming the party and government when there is the police responsible for preventing and solving crime. Is it that the police has no responsibility? When we cannot see the agency [GPF] responsible, because we are so blinded by hatred for those in power, we are not being helpful with misplaced criticisms in an already bad situation.
If we are really concerned and want to be helpful, we will direct our criticisms where they belong.
Who is responsible for staffing, funding and ultimately managing the police? isnt it the government or is it the muffin man?