A post-mortem examination conducted on Friday revealed that miner Abraham Mohammed Khan, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave on Wednesday after he was reportedly robbed while transporting raw gold, died from a gunshot injury to the spine
Khan, 24, of Third Avenue, Bartica, was on Wednesday morning found buried in the shallow grave along the 16 Miles Road, at Bartica.
Police officials were informed by a co-worker who had accompanied Khan that they were attacked around 6 pm on Tuesday while transporting the raw gold for their employer. The co-worker, a foreman at the camp where Khan worked, was taken into custody.
Khan’s brother, Amit Williams, had told Stabroek News that while the circumstances surrounding his brother’s death remained sketchy, he was informed by the foreman that they were attacked shortly after they left the mining camp.
They were destined for their employer’s mine at Bartica with the production. “He told me that as they were going along the road, there was a tree across, so they had to slow down to pass, when three … men came out and started to fire shots and he get away in the bushes,” Williams related.
He said based on what he was told by the foreman, a bullet grazed Khan’s neck and he was badly beaten before being relieved of the raw gold and his motorcycle.
“He [the foreman] also told me that after he ran in the bushes, he got lost and end up seeing some people who took him to the police station,” Williams said, while noting that afterward the police visited the scene where they discovered Khan’s body on Wednesday morning.
The men reportedly also fired several shots in the direction of the foreman as they gave chase but eventually lost track of him. They reportedly fled with the raw gold and Khan’s motorcycle.
