Kenneth Bhagwandin, the Stanleytown man who was shot around 1:30 am on Sunday at a Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara beer garden remains a patient in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
According to the injured man’s wife, Madai Ramnarine, her husband is expected to undergo surgery on Wednesday for the bullets to be removed. She said that Bhagwandin had been complaining of severe pains when she visited him yesterday. “He can’t walk and when he tried to get up he said that he feels like something is moving up his belly,” she said.
The woman also related that she is very concerned about Bhagwandin’s condition because it appears as if his body is retaining water and he seems swollen. “He face really get big. He look as though he is swelling up all over. He is hardly eating,” she added.
Relatives of the injured man also stated to this newspaper that they are hoping to receive justice.
Bhagwandin, called ‘Kenno’, 40, of 47 Church Street, Stanleytown, was shot early Sunday morning during a confrontation with the owner of the beer garden referred to as ‘Saddam’ after the family became engaged in an argument and were subsequently forced out of the premises.
According to the injured man’s daughter, Raywattie, an argument ensued between her aunt and uncle who were hosting a barbecue at the premises and the owner, who was also a patron of the event, attempted to resolve the issue by speaking to the couple.
“My uncle start cuss up and Saddam chuck he away and suh and then he start push everybody out de building and he chuck me and then chuck me father and knock he in he back and blam in de gate,” the girl recalled.
Her father, she said, then took another route and re-entered the yard and the owner subsequently fired shots at him, two of which missed him.
As a result the man suffered two gunshot wounds to his right hip.
