A close female relative of shot auto dealer Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie was reportedly questioned about the shooting incident, following information gleaned from the injured man, a police source said yesterday. It is unclear if the woman has been detained by police.
Sanasie, 58, of Lot 129 Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara was shot on Friday evening by a man who approached him and discharged several shots while he was drinking with several persons in the vicinity of his business place, Ram’s Auto Sales on Fourth and Light Street, Alberttown.
He was rushed to a private city hospital where he remains in the Intensive Care Unit. He sustained wounds to his left thigh and abdomen.
A source had said that two young men had ridden up on a CG motorcycle and fired three shots, all of which hit Sanasie, leading them to the belief that it was an execution attempt.
Contacted yesterday, Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell told Stabroek News that the man approached on foot and discharged rounds at Sanasie. He said the shooter then ran to a motorcycle which was parked nearby and fled the scene.
He said that based on the circumstances it was an execution attempt as “it was something that was planned”. He was unsure if anyone had been held.
