Seven men were yesterday charged with murdering Meten-Meer-Zorg grocer Zulficar Namdar during an armed robbery, days after a series of arrests stemming from recent attacks on the West Demerara and at Wakenaam.
Amid a heavy police presence at the city magistrates’ court complex, robbery charge was also read against five of the accused and a woman for the September 7 armed attack at Wakenaam, where a businessman was shot, and a conspiracy to commit a robbery charge was read against two others held during a police stakeout on Monday.
Those accused of murdering Namdar are