Gun-toting bandits carried out a brazen attack on a Corentyne rice farmer and his family early yesterday morning shortly after a power outage ended.
The bandits entered the home of Tagraj Tulshi by climbing onto a shed at the back of the house and cutting a hole in the wall with a chainsaw.
According to the police, a gang of five men armed with firearms and cutlasses carried out the attack. Two stood guard while three entered the premises of Tulshi, 38, and his wife Indranie Takean, 32, at Number 48 Village, Corentyne.
Police said the bandits held up Takean and took away $100,000.
The press release added, “Ranks of a police mobile patrol responded to the report received and on approaching the scene came under fire. The ranks returned fire but the perpetrators managed to escape into the Number 48 Village backlands. The police vehicle was damaged during the exchange of gunfire.”
However, Stabroek News was told that the gang consisted of eight men; two of whom stood in the yard and two on the public road while the other four entered the home and terrorised the family.
When Stabroek News visited the scene, the hole was still visible in the wall and shattered louvre panes were
