GRA officer badly beaten in city nightclub
February 28, 2012
A senior Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) official has issued a call for the Guyana Police Force to do much more to apprehend a group of individuals who publicly assaulted him at a pre-Mash party staged at the Tower Hotel.
The man, who is the head of the Law Enforcement Department, believes that he was attacked after he carried out his duties and ordered his staff to conduct several raids at various night clubs across the country.
Speaking during an interview with Guyana Times, Troy Vanootoon Vannooten said that he and some friends had gone to the “Jones and Wuk Up” pre-Mash party which was staged on Wednesday last. “Around 03:00h in the morning, we decided that we were going to the Edge…we went into the club and my two friends had left my company to meet with some of their friends… I was standing alone when a man walked up to me,” he explained.
The man told a surprised Vanootoon to stop looking at his girlfriend; Vanootoon responded that he did not know what the man was talking about. “He started cuffing me in my head and close to my abdomen. A group of men then surrounded me and they started to beat me up in the club. One of them took a bottle and lashed me in my head, while several of the men cuffed me about my body,” the GRA officer recounted.
He explained that he was then dragged into the washroom where he was given a sound thrashing by the group of men before one of the staff came to his rescue, led him to his vehicle and told him to drive off.
“I went straight to the police station bleeding and made a report at Alberttown [Police Station],” Vanootoon said. He added that he also visited the Georgetown Hospital to seek medical attention for the wounds he sustained after which several medical examinations were undertaken.
The matter was again reported to the Brickdam Police Station on Mash Day after which, Vanootoon explained, the police began their search for the perpetrators but came up empty-handed. Asked whether he knew his attackers, Vanootoon said: “I never spoke with the man [the instigator], but I have seen him around places.”
He told Guyana Times that he strongly believes that the man acted thus because he was upset over the raids which were conducted at several night clubs earlier in the day. Vanootoon could not establish whether there were any link between the owners of the night club and the man who first accosted him.
“I want the police to act more speedily to deal with this issue, because my life is at risk,” he explained stating that the lawmen seemed to be dragging their feet as far as carrying out investigations were concerned.
He has not reported to work for several days because of his condition, but said he will be discussing the matter with his employers to see what assistance can be rendered or what action can be taken.
Asked where were his friends throughout the entire ordeal, the man explained that one was outside and the other one who was still within the club suffered a similar fate when he intervened in the matter.
Calls to the office of Crime Chief Seelall Persaud went unanswered on Tuesday afternoon, but a source at the Criminal Investigation Department said that investigations were continuing into the matter after statements were taken by the police. Images of a badly beaten Vanootoon were seen by Guyana Times.
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The Edge Night Club and Tower Hotel is a haven for drug dealers and criminals. You go there at your own risk.
It is frequented by criminal ministers like Clement Rohee and Irfaan Ali.
All the big drug dealers and corrupt GRA officials assembled there to conduct business.
Posted by Avinash | February 29, 2012, 12:06 pmIs shervington aka big head beat him up. Troy is a batty boy
Posted by spy shop | February 29, 2012, 7:09 pmAvinash look like you is a part of it cuz like you know de whole low down.
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | February 29, 2012, 8:21 pmwhy like call ppl names fuh. Thats why people get blame wrongfully!
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | February 29, 2012, 8:25 pmCan someone tell me who is the owner of Popeyes?
Posted by Bluto Love Olive | February 29, 2012, 8:51 pmR.L Singh, a former board of director of Neal and Massy, and used to be operations manager for Hotel Tower from 2005-2009 until Hotel Tower’s sale.
Popeyes is invested by El Dorado Restaurants and the auditor is a name that Propaganda press is afraid to publish.
Posted by Jakey | March 1, 2012, 10:03 amThanks. I remember when the sale was made the new owners kept their identities a secret from the media.
Posted by Bluto Love Olive | March 1, 2012, 9:20 pmthe usual ppp crime family inc shadow business
Posted by admin | March 1, 2012, 9:56 pmAre you interested in a copy of the sale agreement? Mr.Seebarran has that in his possession. I’ll ask one of the employees there to give me a copy. Not sure if regulations are tighter. Mr.Seebarran accounting firm has a lot of records for New Line Aqua Farm franchise.
Posted by Patricia | March 2, 2012, 12:39 amSalim does have his ways in stashing laundered money to finance legitimate businesses, Hotel Tower. This motherfucker set me up in USA, but I’m smarter than this fucking murdering antiman. I put the luggage name in someone else’s name and fooled Caribbean Airlines employee. That fucker thinks Ram will protect him from investigation by cooking the books, or seebarran or whoever auditing the accounts. Salim trying to buy another trawler and use that to smuggle fuel from Venezuela. Fuel is a lucrative business now. Just wait and see. Fuck Salim. Jagdeo should bugger his daughter.
Posted by Observer | March 2, 2012, 5:22 pmDELETE THIS POST NOW!!!!!
IT’S LIBEL AND SLANDER
REMOVE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Jacob | March 2, 2012, 9:48 pm“Salim does have his ways in stashing laundered money to finance legitimate businesses, Hotel Tower. This motherfucker set me up in USA, but I’m smarter than this fucking murdering antiman. I put the luggage name in someone else’s name and fooled Caribbean Airlines employee. That fucker thinks Ram will protect him from investigation by cooking the books, or seebarran or whoever auditing the accounts. Salim trying to buy another trawler and use that to smuggle fuel from Venezuela. Fuel is a lucrative business now. Just wait and see. Fuck Salim. Jagdeo should bugger his daughter.”
THIS IS LIES!!!
HOW CAN YOU ALLOW THIS LIBEL TO BE PUBLISHED!!!
DELETE OBSERVER’S POST AND BLOCK THE PERSON FROM USING YOUR WEBSITE!!!!
Posted by Jacob | March 2, 2012, 9:49 pmFYI, Mr.Seebarran does not own an accounting firm in Guyana, nor does he know Salim Azeez. You’re a POS and a waste. Go and get a meaningful hobby than spewing fuck online.
Posted by Jacob | March 2, 2012, 9:53 pmNames must be called to expose the racist PPP criminals that are running Guyana.
The owner of Popeyes is Mr. R.L Singh and Robin Muneshwar.
They bought it over from Badal.
Posted by Avinash | March 1, 2012, 1:56 pmYou’re lying. Popeyes is owned by a foreign investor. Leave RL Singh and Robin alone internet TROLL!!
Posted by Jacob | March 2, 2012, 9:51 pmwell the racist PNC thieves and rapists had their time of oppression and plundering of the economy as well, at least PPP not massacaring and raping women banning foods, importing chicken all that stupid nonsencical schemes to keep black and coolie poor and at odds! NOBODY CAN SAY PPP IS MORE RACIAL THAN PNC just look what happened to MURRAY!
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | March 1, 2012, 11:31 pmIf GUYANA is a NARCO STATE WHAT OF USA, UK, EUROPE… most of their cities thrive on NARCOTICS as they are the major consumers thus distributors!!! … PHANTOM and Police kill dem thief from buxton and agricola and the escapee vagabonds and PNC racial factions call them innocent, PNC ALWAYS PLAY THE RACE CARD!!! but when Corbin and Benshop send same thieves and vagobonds to kill innocent women and children in Lusignan and Bartica who are poor ppl of indo decent they relish behind close doors as a triumph… because they see it as a revenge for their “innocent thiefing children” , if they can work cuz they lazy when thief and kill, why not do some other business … its better we become like the narcotics based countries like USA UK AND THOSE IN EUROPE THAN ZIMBABWE OR UGANDA!!!
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | March 1, 2012, 11:37 pmcorbin & benschop send men to kill people?
see what crack can do to your brain?
Posted by admin | March 1, 2012, 11:40 pmwell the ak-47 fall out you batty and fall in they hands then…
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | March 2, 2012, 12:24 pmgood thing khan was in jail for he wuda get blame for those massacres too… the evidence is bare… the missing army aks were found on those buxton-agricola “innocent chilren”
… maybe you head crack you racial stupid skunt hole! … look at the facts… Khan dont need to thief army ak .. when he has thousands he trades for money!
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | March 2, 2012, 12:26 pmI guess Walter Rodney and the ppl at freedom house 1964 bombing kill themselves too huh…. or the martyrs that got shot… mind you these are all innocent ppl I dont see the PNC protesting for them… only the racial idiots who cant work or do business who smoke all day.. those low lifes they call innocent!!! no wonder they call this site Propaganda press!!!! Is not yall seh Roger Khan get bugga in jail… is yall get bugga… thats why de man wife sue yall!!!
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | March 2, 2012, 12:28 pma federal bureau of prisons officer passed on the information that roger khan was sexually assaulted in prison. we didn’t have to make that up
feel free to join mala in court for the lawsuit. she’ll need moral support
Posted by admin | March 2, 2012, 12:41 pmWhen mala complained to the prison officials the her husband roger khan was bein serially raped, the terse reply was ” he’ll have to fight … or fuck.”
We all know he can’t fight.
Posted by Inferno | March 3, 2012, 11:02 pmyes the send ppl fuh do murder wake up and smell the spent shells!!! ALSO Felix is involved … he and Khan used to kill black ppl! he realise he got enough money and info from khan to frame him and put him away for extradition then he make he move so he cud one day be a member of Parliment!!!! HE LIVING OFF DRUG PROCEEDS and his hands have blood because he used to be a phantom and facilitate their nefarious activities!
Posted by theyjusthateprogresscuztheylazyracialanddumb! | March 2, 2012, 12:31 pmThat hotel tower is located in Istanbul. PP you are fooled. that hotel isn’t in Guyana so how can RL Singh and Ram be mentioned in it?
Nice photoshop of the hotel tower name on the building.
Posted by Jacob | March 2, 2012, 9:47 pmPoint taken. PP is turning into PPP. Slandering peoples names. Hotel Tower is nowhere to be found in Guyana. That picture above is the Minstry of Sports with Hotel Tower name Photoshopped.
Posted by Lewis | March 3, 2012, 4:59 pmthen why dont you publish the name of the prison guard here. and dont you know that its probhited for a corrections officer to release information of what goes on in jail as it might endager innocent lives. Where do you get your information from APNU toilet?
Posted by incred | March 2, 2012, 10:55 pmMala has every right to go to the courts i hope you bring your prison guard to give you support as well. Khan has tv, ppl who do his work and watch his back in jail. How can you hate another guyanese for just trying to better themselves and thier country.
Posted by incred | March 2, 2012, 10:57 pmYou people tend to publish a whole lot of false information. Roger gets tv, ppl to press his clothes in jail next he will need admin to suck his dick
Posted by PNC - Punishing Negroe Communities | March 4, 2012, 1:23 pm