Four persons, including the driver of the gateway car used in last Friday’s home invasion at Republic Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD), where a businessman and his family were robbed of over $1 million in cash and gold jewellery, remain in police custody as the probe continues, Regional Commander Kurleigh Simon has said.
Contacted for an update yesterday, Simon informed Stabroek News that the investigation remains active and the police are seeking legal advice on the way forward. In the meantime, he said stringent efforts are being made to apprehend other suspects.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that several pieces of the stolen jewellery have been recovered from the suspects, who were positively identified during an identification parade.
This newspaper had reported that the attack was carried out around 8 am by four masked men, two of whom were armed with handguns.
At the time, the businessman, Ryan Rajmangal, and his four children were at home.
The attack was recorded by a surveillance camera inside the home.
Rajmangal’s wife reportedly sensed something was amiss after several calls to his phone went unanswered. As a result, she checked on the home security cameras which were connected to her cellular phone when she saw the robbery taking place.
The woman immediately contacted a relative and the police.
The police, in a press release, said that the bandits pounced on the businessman as he was about to leave his home to transact business.
“The victim (Rajmangal) was about to leave his home to transact some business and whilst walking through his front door, he was pounced on by the perpetrators who pointed a gun at him,” the police explained.
This newspaper learnt that the bandits, one of whom was dressed as a utility worker, reportedly scaled Rajmangal’s fence before gaining entry into the house.
The businessman was then forced back into his house, where he was tied up by the men, who demanded cash and jewellery. “The perpetrators then proceeded to ransack the house and subsequently made good their escape,” the police had said.
Two of the bandits fled on foot while the others escaped in a waiting car.
