Businessman shot, robbed of $8M

A 49-year-old businessman is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), following an early morning robbery during which he was shot and robbed of $8 million.

According to a police press release, at around 7.45 am yesterday businessman Purushotam Nauth, of Lot 710 18th Street, Foulis East Coast Demerara was attacked and robbed by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The release said that at the time Nauth was in the company of his driver Somal Persaud, 39, of Non Pariel, in minibus BMM 6460, which two motor cars sandwiched, forcing him to stop.

Stabroek News yesterday spoke