A Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) taxi driver is still in a traumatised state after the car he used to transport two female customers was hijacked, during which a lone gunman robbed him of personal items.
Kawal Raganath, 25, the taxi driver attached to Fuse Taxi Service, located at Grove, EBD, encountered the unexpected incident last Tuesday while he was performing his daily duty of transporting customers.
Speaking to <<<<Guyana Times>>>> on Friday, Raganath recalled that around 22:00h on Tuesday night, two females approached him and requested to be taken to Second Dam, Garden of Eden. Responding to the request, the taxi driver transported the customers to the said location; however, upon arrival, the two women hesitated to exit the vehicle. It was at this point that a lone gunman pounced on Raganath and demanded he exit the car and hand over his personal belongings, gun-butting him in the process.
“Two female came up and said they wanted a car to go to Garden of Eden, so I said no problem…..so as I go to drop off now, I stopped and when I stopped and waiting from them to exit the car, a tall male run-up next to me car door and pulled the car door open, crank a gun and put it to my head and said “jump out the car” and he gun butted me, I came out the car,” he stated.
Raganath further related that he managed to make his way back through the entrance he used, and sought assistance from a nearby Guyana Defence Force (GDF) base.
“I ran out of the dam and went to the GDF outpost at Garden of Eden and I told them what happened and asked them for a phone call… I called the service and they sent one of the drivers to pick me up. They took the statements and I carry them at the location, and they said if they get any information they will get back to me…..”
According to the victim, a Police report was filed at the Grove Police Station, and he is now awaiting a response as investigations into the matter are ongoing.
Only in February of last year, Police ranks of A Division (Georgetown) managed to crack a car hijacking ring when they conducted searches in Kuru Kururu and Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Several cars and other vehicles were impounded during this operation, while various parts belonging to other vehicles were also unearthed.
During these operation, dozens of persons were arrested and charged for being involved in the illegal activity.
