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.