Bandits rob, terrorize family in Diamond home invasion

One of the rooms ransacked by the bandits.

Armed bandits terrorized a Diamond Housing Scheme family yesterday in a pre-dawn home invasion, in which they stole approximately $1.5 million in cash and jewellery.

Chandini Phaghoo and her parents, Gajendra and Savitri Phaghoo, were all tied up by the three bandits, who broke into their East Bank Demerara home around 2 am.

According to Chandini, the three men were able to gain access to the ground floor of the house after they broke one of the windows on the northern side, unbolted