RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

The own­ers of Kissoon’s Dou­bles in Princes Town have been held un­der siege by rob­bers, weeks af­ter gun­men at­tacked the own­ers of Has­sanali’s Dou­bles in Debe, rob­bing them of valu­ables.

And in a sep­a­rate in­ci­dent, the own­ers of Ra­jku­mar’s Dou­bles of Cou­va were al­so ac­cost­ed in their home on Fri­day morn­ing and robbed of cash and valu­ables.

Po­lice say the dou­bles own­ers seem to be easy tar­gets for crim­i­nals over the past few months as home in­va­sions and armed rob­beries in­crease in the lead-up to Christ­mas.

The rob­bery at the Kissoon’s es­tab­lish­ment oc­curred around 11.30 am on Fri­day. Leela Kissoon, 51, of Loth­i­ans Branch Road, Branch Trace, Princes Town, the own­er of Kissoon’s Dou­bles, lo­cat­ed at High Street, Princes Town, told po­lice she had just re­turned home from sell­ing when she was ap­proached by three men.

Nali­ni Kissoon, 21, a dou­bles cashier was with her at the time.

One of the sus­pects wore a white long-sleeved jer­sey, and blue cov­er­all pants, with a white jer­sey cov­er­ing his head and face. He was bran­dish­ing a cut­lass. The oth­er as­sailant wore a blue long sleeve cov­er­all, a black mask, and dark coloured hat and was armed with a gun. The third man al­so wore a blue long-sleeve cov­er­all and a red jer­sey cov­er­ing his head and face. He al­so car­ried a cut­lass.

The thieves robbed Leela of a gold chain val­ued at $2,000 and $2,500 in cash. Nali­ni was robbed of a white gold chain with di­a­mond cuts val­ued at $4,500.

They then es­caped in a sil­ver Nis­san Wingroad Wag­on. No ar­rests have yet been made.

Sev­en hours ear­li­er, the Ra­jku­mars were be­ing robbed at their home as they pre­pared dou­bles.

Po­lice said Chris Ra­jku­mar, 35 and Natasha Ra­jku­mar, 33, both of Reser­voir Road Bas­ta Hall Vil­lage, Cou­va were prepar­ing their dou­bles when three men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, en­tered their house from the front door.

That door had been left open, po­lice said.

The rob­bers took the cou­ple to a bed­room lo­cat­ed on the east­ern side of the house and tied up their hands. They al­so gagged them be­fore rum­mag­ing through the house and steal­ing a green Nis­san B14, jew­ellery and $6,000 in cash.

The rob­bers al­so stole a tele­vi­sion, four 50lb gas tanks, a Sam­sung A32 cell­phone, a Sam­sung M33 cell­phone and a Sam­sung A12s cell­phone. They then es­caped in a wait­ing car.

Last month, the Has­sanali fam­i­ly, who owns the pop­u­lar “D Green Shed” in Debe were al­so held hostage and ter­rorised for 25 min­utes in­side their Debe home. No one was ar­rest­ed for that in­ci­dent.