Armed bandits rob Anns Grove home
A gun-toting bandit and his knife-wielding accomplice, both of whom were masked and wore gloves, robbed an Anns Grove family of some $500,000 in cash and jewellery yesterday.
Relating the incident to Stabroek News, robbery victim Savitri Kallicharran said she was watching television around 10:00 am when the two men suddenly entered her house through the open front door.


Savitri Kallicharran (right) with her husband, Ameer Ali (left) and their two children, Ameena (left) and Ackleema during a birthday celebration last week.

Kallicharran, who lives at the Dutch Fort, Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara residence with her parents, brother and two children, was alone at the time.
She said on seeing the men, she exclaimed, "What is this?" The thieves then instructed the frightened woman to remain silent saying 'Don' hollah, don' hollah.'
"Then one ah dem put a gun to my head and the other one head straight in the bedroom," Savitri recalled.


She explained that her husband, Ameer Ali known as `Meero', is scheduled to travel to Barbados, where he is employed, today, and his already packed suitcase was lying on the bed at the time. Savitri said the bandit who was in the bedroom demanded that she open the suitcase and she told him that all the keys were in the chest of drawers. At that stage, the bandit who was in the bedroom came out with a shirt which he used to tie Savitri's hands behind her back.


"While he [the bandit with the knife] tying meh hand, I looking at de one wid de gun fuh see if I could [recognise] is who," the victim told this newspaper. Savitri said when the bandit realised she was staring at him, he told her to keep her eyes on the ground as she would only worsen the situation, and she complied.


The bandit with the knife then continued to ransack the bedroom and some minutes later came out telling his partner in crime, "Leh we go, we get wah we want."
The thieves then warned Savitri against contacting the police, threatening to return and "shoot" her if she did otherwise. Before they escaped, one of the men untied the victim.


According to Savitri, it was not until after the ordeal that she discovered over $100,000 in jewellery belonging to her husband was missing. Further, when her parents, both farmers, came home they realised that some $400,000 which was hidden beneath the mattress had also been carted off.

The matter was reported to the police who visited the scene and carried out an inspection before taking the victims' report and directing them to go the Cove and John police station today where statements would be taken.
This is the first time the Kallicharrans' home has been burglarised.