Kaneville businessman Majeed Khan who was shot once during a robbery at his home on Thursday evening remains hospitalized in a critical condition with the bullet lodged in his body.
Khan was shot in the left side of his chest, close to his heart, during an attack by five bandits around 7:30 pm on Thursday night and the man’s wife, Pamela Gordon, told this newspaper yesterday that she could not say whether, “he is doing better”.
She explained that her husband was transferred to the Male Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) from the High Dependency Unit (HDU) yesterday afternoon and according to her the injured man cries out for pain in his chest while his feet have swelled up.
She said that the doctors have advised that another x-ray will have to be done on Khan’s chest.
Another relative told this newspaper yesterday that the man’s condition remains the same as on Saturday and other relatives expressed concern about the treatment he was receiving. It was noted by a relative that the doctors were having difficulty locating the exact position of the bullet.
The man’s wife stated that she is still frightened and confused by the incident and she noted that the police have not stated whether anyone was arrested in connection with the incident.
Another relative told this newspaper last evening that persons in the area have an idea of who the perpetrators may be but he noted that the police are yet to act on the information since it was passed on to them.
Gordon noted that she was experiencing slight pains to her head and other parts of her body, adding that her three children ages, 3, 4 and 7 are still coming to grips with the ordeal. She said they have not slept nor eaten properly since the incident and the woman expressed hope that her husband will recover fully. Gordon, who sustained injuries to the head and other parts of her body during the attack, told Stabroek News at the GPH on Thursday evening that she was at the front of the family’s home at Lot 279, Kaneville when she noticed two men walking into her yard.
She said that one of the men told her not to move but she responded by crying out for ‘thief’ as she frantically attempted to hide.
She said that the men attacked her while she was at the front of the family’s home where she and her husband operate a shop.
The woman noted that the two men were joined by three others and she observed three of the men carrying guns while their accomplices carried knives.
She said that three of the men dragged her into her home and physically assaulted her as they asked for “the money and gold”. She said that she told the men that there was some money in the shop.
Gordon noted that her husband meantime was being assaulted by two of the men who questioned him too about money and gold. According to her, he had moments earlier returned from transacting business on the road.
She said that the men carted off approximately $150,000 in cash which represented the day’s sales.
Gordon added that one of the men took her handbag which contained personal documents, including her ID card, and her mobile phone.
Khan was picked up in a pool of blood and rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre following the attack. The injured man was subsequently transferred to the GPHC.
