A bandit died yesterday after being fatally chopped in the Port Mourant Market after he and an accomplice had robbed a goldsmith.
The police last night identified the dead bandit as 18-year-old Parmanand Pertab called `Mikey’. The robbery occurred at about 9.15 am.
Initial investigations revealed that the businessman, 31, went to his jewellery store at about 7:30 am. At about 9:15 am, he was pounced upon by the bandits while attending to customers. Pertab had a cutlass and his accomplice had a gun. The businessman’s employee was injured after he was attacked with the cutlass.
The bandit with the gun made the jeweller lie on the ground and grabbed jewellery and stuffed it into a blue drawstring bag. The businessman raised an alarm, and persons in the market confronted the bandits. The gunman discharged three rounds in their direction, hitting one of the persons on his right leg and left thigh.
Pertab was confronted by several persons in the market who managed to disarm him, take the bag away, and hand it over to the police. All items stolen by the bandits were recovered and accounted for. Subsequently, Pertab sustained several wounds about his body, causing him to fall to the ground.
The person who suffered the gunshot wounds and Pertab were rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital, where they both were seen by a doctor on duty. Pertab succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical treatment. Mark Lovell was treated for his gunshot wounds and took self discharge.
The body of Pertab was examined by the police and it was observed that he had one chop wound to his right hand and two to his upper back.
