Corentyne farmer shot, visiting couple robbed by armed gang

A Corentyne farmer was shot during a mother’s day celebration at No. 56 Village when five armed bandits barged in around 2 am and carted off cash and a quantity of gold jewellery.

Krishnadat Paydanna, 47 of Lesbeholden South, Black Bush Polder sustained a gunshot wound to his left shoulder and was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital (NAH) where he was admitted.

The rice and cash crop farmer was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday morning. Police said in a release that