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Dec 28, 2011 News
After satisfying his customers over the Christmas holidays, businessman Rajindra Mohabir was eagerly awaiting the reopening of the commercial banks to deposit the cash he had accumulated. He stashed the cash which amounted to close to $4M and went out to dinner with his family on Boxing Night, unaware that thieves were eyeing his every move. As soon as he left they pounced.
Mohabir lives with his wife and their three children at their Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara home, where they engage in wholesaling and retailing of groceries and beverages.
Speaking with this newspaper, he recalled that he had accumulated the cash since Christmas Eve and had ensured that he stashed it properly until he could have made the deposit at the bank.
He said that his sister-in-law, who lives about four corners away, had invited his family to dinner and they left home about 20:00 hours on Monday.
They spent a little over an hour at the dinner before returning home, fully conscious that a lot of cash was left in the house. Their first shock came when they were going up the front stairs of their home. Paper was scattered all over and the family was sure that an intruder had struck.
Then came the other shock when they went inside.
Sensing that something terrible had happened, Mohabir rushed to his bedroom where he had stashed the cash and the first thing he observed was the mattress on which he had placed the money was on the floor. It did not take him long to realize that the $4M was gone. He had stashed it under some clothes and pillows on the bed.
Whoever the intruder(s) was, they had gained entry into the house by breaking down the back door.
“They had to time we. They were watching we. When they come in, they just check de place and gone,” the businessman reasoned.
He said that the police were summoned but their response left much to be desired.
According to Mohabir, two ranks came and “just tek two look around and gone.”
A detective later returned to the scene and he too looked around and left, promising to return later.
“All he do was tek de two locks dat de thieves break. Dem ain’t take no fingerprints,” Mohabir lamented.
Last year November, the family had a similar experience, except that on that occasion, the thieves only carted off stocks.
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