Bandits grab over $2M after beating Canal No. 1 businessman

A businessman was beaten and robbed of over $2 million at his Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara residence on Monday.

Police say Narindeo Jairam, 64, and his worker, Kristamattie, also known as ‘Devi,’ 48, were attacked by four suspected bandits, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

A Guyana Police Force statement said Jairam had just returned home from conducting business at Gafoor’s and was sitting in his hammock, where he was eating, when he saw the men, who were masked, enter his yard.