KEVON FELMINE

kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt

An In­di­an na­tion­al was beat­en and robbed while sell­ing gy­ros in Princes Town on Fri­day night.

Po­lice said that around 10 pm, Kothaka­pu Proveenku­mar, 29, was at his stall in Craig­nish Vil­lage, Princes Town, when three men ap­proached him and be­gan kick­ing and cuff­ing him. They then robbed him of $1500 from his sales and ran off.

PC Ram­per­sad of the Princes Town CID is car­ry­ing out in­quiries but up to late yes­ter­day no one had been ar­rest­ed.

In an­oth­er in­ci­dent, at 2.10 pm, Sardi­s­ai Sir­ju, 56, of Bar­rack­pore, was walk­ing along Bo­nan­za Street, Princes Town, when he was held up and robbed at gun­point of $5000. The gun­man es­caped in a black Nis­san Teana.

A re­port was made to the Princes Town po­lice and PC Isaac and a team of of­fi­cers re­spond­ed. They in­ter­cept­ed the car a short dis­tance away. A 27-year-old man of Gas­par­il­lo was ar­rest­ed and is ex­pect­ed to be charged.