Two weeks after unknown gunmen killed Charlestown resident, George Barton, police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Aman Lallchand, a suspect in the killing.
According to the bulletin Lallchand is wanted for questioning in relation to investigations being conducted into the murder of Barton. Barton known as ‘Georgie Berlin’ was killed while in conversation with his daughter, Anika Barton at Laing Avenue, Georgetown, on the night of Thursday March 20, the police bulletin said. The dead man’s daughter was injured.
Police say that Lallchand who is also known as Randy Persaud or Amar Lallchand is 22. He is of mixed race and 5’ 8”. His last known address is Lot 671 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Lallchand is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers: 225-2700, 226-2917, 226-4585, 225-2317 or the nearest police station.
Relatives of Anika told this newspaper recently that the child’s life was in danger. The teen is now out of hospital after taking her own discharge and her relatives have vowed to protect her at all costs. Prior to the issuing of the wanted bulletin relatives said that it seemed as if the crime would go down in Guyana’s crime pages as unsolved.
Reports were that two Thursdays ago, George Barton received a telephone call in the company of his daughter to go to Laing Avenue. As the two made their way through the street just after 8 pm, a car with four men pulled up alongside them. One of the occupants shouted `B’, referring to George, before opening fire on him. He was shot in his back, neck and legs. The car drove up a little and turned around. The gunman now armed with a much smaller gun fired several rounds at the teen hitting her thrice in the knee and once in the buttocks. Reports are that seconds before she was shot, one of the occupants told the gunman that she had to be killed too.
