Bandits abandon doctor's car in South Annandale
Stabroek News
October 20, 2002
Armed bandits who hijacked a car from a doctor at Vryheids Lust on Friday later had to abandon it at East Ville Housing Scheme, South Annandale after its tyres went flat.
Police were summoned to the new housing scheme south of the railway embankment shortly before 9 am yesterday after a resident noticed a vehicle bearing the missing car's number plates.
Stabroek News understands that the vehicle PHH 996 may have been taken to that location sometime during the night by the bandits who had stolen it from Dr. Krishna K Sankar on Friday morning. A man was seriously wounded in the attack.
It appears the car had been abandoned after it developed a flat tyre and it may have been that the men were targeting the community when they encountered difficulties with the car.
The grey Toyota Carina also appeared to have been in a crash with clearly visible dents particularly on the right side doors and front fender where the park lights were missing. The windshield had also been damaged.
Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Assistant Superintendent, David Ramnarine when contacted yesterday, apart from confirming the vehicle's discovery, said it was apparent that the bandits had crashed it into a fence.
According to Ramnarine, the engine had been left running, suggesting the bandits left in a hurry, but the tape deck and the air conditioning unit had been removed.
When Stabroek News visited the Vigilance Police Station yesterday officers from the forensics unit had already dusted the car in an attempt to lift fingerprints.
The car was covered in mud and both front wheels were flat.
Briefly recounting events from Friday's stick-up, Dr Sankar told Stabroek News yesterday that two men with guns barged into his office at his Lot 26 Vryheids Lust, Public Road clinic demanding his keys, firearm and cash.
Once they had obtained the items the men proceeded to leave but there was a confrontation with a person entering the clinic during which David Singh of Lusignan was shot in the abdomen.
He was later rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He has since been listed in stable condition in the hospital's intensive care unit. (Oscar P. Clarke)