Speaking to Stabroek News yesterday the
dead man's mother, Doreen Mangra said that
the family received a phone call at around
8:30 on Saturday night from an anonymous
caller informing them of the death of the
young man. Mrs. Mangra told Stabroek News
that her son only recently resigned from his
previous job as a meter reader with the
Guyana Power and Light to work with the
Jagmohan brothers as a purchaser of gold and
diamonds in Region One.
Mrs Mangra said that her son left for
Port Kaituma last month and was scheduled to
return next month.
According to her they were told that
around 8 pm on Saturday, Mangra had just
locked the office which he was manning with
another employee when the gunmen broke open
the door and stormed in. The gunmen began
shooting indiscriminately and according to
reports Mangra and the other man tried to
stave off the criminals but he was fatally
shot. Mrs Mangra said that according to the
news they received, her son was standing
behind the counter and it was there that he
sustained the wound to his chest that took
his life. The gunmen then ransacked the
office and escaped with some $3M in cash as
well as gold.
She said that her son's employers made a
desperate attempt to save his life by flying
him out to Georgetown.
A resident in the Port Kaituma waterfront
area said that from reports he received the
other man who was with Mangra hid while the
bandits were shooting.
The resident said it was the first time
an incident of this scale occurred at the
location but admitted that miners from time
to time are usually robbed while coming out
from the backdam. The waterfront area is the
business zone of the community and the
resident said that gold and diamond miners
would frequent Mangra's office to sell off
their gold and precious stones.
The dead man leaves to mourn his mother,
wife, Gaitri Mangra and one sibling.
Stabrooek
News
