Popular city businessman Safraz Khan has been shot several times during what appears to be an attempt to execute him in front of his home at Austin Street, Campbellville, Georgetown.
Injured: Safraz Khan
Gunshots rang out in that Campbellville community at about 20:07h last Thursday evening, before an unidentified man was seen entering the front passenger seat of a silver-grey motorcar and fleeing the scene.
Police have said that the 42-year-old businessman had left his work site at Eccles, East Bank Demerara at about 19:50h in his white Toyota Premio vehicle, PVV 8859, and as he was making his way home, had observed a silver-grey Allion motorcar trailing him. As Khan turned into the entrance of his home and stopped his car, the suspect immediately exited the front passenger seat of the Allion with a gun in hand, and approached Khan’s vehicle.
According to detectives, as Khan saw the armed suspect approaching his vehicle, he availed himself of his licensed pistol and discharged rounds in the suspect’s direction. Thereupon, the suspect riddled Khan’s car with bullets before re-entering the silver-grey car, which sped off the scene.
Slumped in the driver’s seat, bleeding from wounds on his feet and hands, Khan was immediately rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was admitted. His condition is regarded as stable.
In their investigations, detectives found 27 spent shells of .223 ammunition on the roadway, and another 13 spent shells of 9mm ammunition in Khan’s car. They also found Khan’s gun on the front seat of his bullet-ridden car. Bullet holes were also found on a concrete fence, a verandah, and on the garage gate. Another car, a grey BMW owned by Khan, which was parked alongside the other car, had a hole in the right front door.
Police have since confirmed that Khan sustained gunshot injuries to the thigh and left elbow. CCTV footage that captured the incident is being reviewed as investigations continue.
The shooter as he was entering the silver-grey car after his attempt at execution
Back in 2018, Khan had been charged and granted bail in relation to discharging a loaded firearm outside the Palm Court Club on Main Street. Khan, who was 37 at that time, had appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore, where the charge which was read to him had stated that, on October 28, at Main Street Georgetown, he discharged a loaded firearm within 100 yards of a public way.
Khan had denied the allegation levelled against him, and his lawyer Glenn Hanoman had been successful in making a bail application.
Khan is the brother of Imran Khan, who was slapped with an attempted murder charge following an attack on Romario Balget, called ‘Short Boss’, outside of the Palm Court Night Club on Main Street on October 28.
