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cops detain shop-owner
A
family barbeque on Saturday night turned violent after
one man was shot twice, allegedly by an irate shop
owner.
Injured is Kenneth Bhagwandin, 40, of Lot 47
Church Street Stanleytown West Bank Demerara.
According to a police press release, the incident
happened at around 01:30hrs at a beer garden at Goed
Fortuin, West Bank Demerara. It was further stated
that two men were involved in an argument over the
closure of the premises.
The
police stated that during the argument, Bhagwandin was
shot twice; once to the abdomen and another to the
hip.
He was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital for
treatment. When Kaieteur News visited the injured man
yesterday in the hospital, he was slipping in and out
of consciousness.
He was receiving intravenous drips, and a tube was
inserted into his abdomen to drain the unwanted fluids
from his body.
His wife Mahadai Bhagwandin said she received the news
of the shooting sometime after midnight.
According to the woman, her sister who rents the same
‘beer garden’ had a barbeque. Bhagwandin said she
and her husband went across earlier in the day after
her sister told her husband to ‘weed her yard’.
The wife further told Kaieteur News that she returned
home but her husband stayed behind to help her sister.
The husband returned later Saturday afternoon and
started preparing to go back to the barbeque.
“I start to argue and ask he why he gotta go
back….because was just me alone been home, and I
wasn’t feeling good” the wife told Kaieteur News.
Despite his wife’s warnings, the woman said her
husband left for the barbeque, promising to come home
early.
It was after midnight that one of her daughters called
to say that her husband was shot.
“Me daughter call me and seh that Kenneth get
shoot…uncle Sadan shoot he” the wife told Kaieteur
News yesterday.
Meanwhile, one of the couple’s daughters, Raywattie,
who witnessed the incident told Kaieteur News that the
incident stemmed from her aunt’s husband getting
into an argument with another man who was at the
barbeque.
As the men continued arguing, the daughter said the
shop owner came downstairs and told everyone to get
out of his premises.
According to eyewitnesses, the shop owner who was
identified as ‘Sadan’ pushed everyone out and
closed the gate behind him. At this point one of the
occupants objected to the treatment and the owner
fired a shot in his direction.
Seconds later the owner fired four more shots, hitting
Bhagwandin twice.
Up to press time Bhagwandin was still receiving
treatment, while the alleged shooter was in police
custody.
Monday,
November 7, 2011
