Suspects held after armed robbery at Adelphi

Several suspects were taken into custody after an overseas-based Guyanese and relatives he was staying with at Adelphi, East Canje were beaten and robbed of cash and a quantity of gold jewellery around 12:45 am yesterday.

Reports are that the bandits, armed with guns, beat their victims; overseas-based Guyanese, Paul Boodhoo and owners of the house; Ganesh Premchand and his wife Anawattie Singh and fired a shot while robbing them.

They also and fired two other shots as they were escaping.

Boodhoo was robbed of US$800 and a wedding band worth $20,000, while Premchand was stripped of a chain valued $20,000 and $40,000 and Singh of jewellery worth $400,000.

This newspaper learnt that Premchand and Singh had held a get-together in honour of Boodoo and that the robbery occurred just after the guests had left.

A police source said that Boodhoo was going through a western door and was about to close up when he felt a “lash behind his head.”

He fell in the house and the men followed him and demanded the articles, firing a shot in the process.