From a convicted felon who fled justice in the US, Shaheed Roger Khan rose to become one of Guyana’s wealthiest citizens within a decade. Did the authorities pay any attention to his swift climb up the economic ladder?
Khan, who first gained notoriety here in 2002 following his arrest after he was found along with two others with a cache of arms and sophisticated communication equipment at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, had accumulated enormous wealth within a short period of time.