Shot-to-head Parika taxi driver spots, chases shooter

Ramesh Persaud

Weeks after being shot to the head at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, taxi driver Ramesh Persaud spotted the alleged gunman in a Parika drugstore and pursued the fleeing suspect for miles until the man was caught by police.

The man, whose identity Stabroek News was unable to ascertain, was charged and appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on December 12 and was remanded to prison.

Persaud, 20, of Parika Backdam sustained two bullet wounds to his ear and the back of his head after he