Rose Hall businessman shot in store attack

Rajendra Prasad

A Rose Hall, Corentyne businessman, who police had said was the target of a planned hit earlier in the year, is now hospitalised  after he was shot in an attack by two men at his store yesterday afternoon.

Rajendra Prasad, called ‘Bobby,’ the owner of the ‘Bobby and Son Boutique’ at Arch Road, Rose Hall, Corentyne, appeared to be targeted by the men, who stole nothing from the business.

Prasad was shot once to the abdomen and a bullet also grazed his head. He was rushed to the Anamayah Memorial Hospital for treatment, before being transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he underwent surgery. A source at the hospital explained that doctors were not able to find any exit wound from the shot to he sustained to his abdomen and as a result surgery was immediately recommended.