Almost one month after businessman Deryck Kanhai went berserk and killed four persons, including two policemen and two staff of a taxi service, a close relative on Wednesday disclosed that the man’s string of businesses are at a standstill.
The reason for this is not known, but according to information received, family members are still at loggerheads as to the ownership of the string of businesses.
Guyana Times International understands that Kanhai’s lawyers are in the process of sorting out the shares. An aggrieved daughter, who travelled from the U. S. to attend her father’s funeral, stated that there are “lots going on”, but did not go into detail, stating that she wished not to divulge more on the matter.
Kanhai owned several businesses, including a hotel at Bartica, several dredges, among others. The man’s daughter also disclosed that “money is not everything and people have to realise that that they have lost a loved one in the most tragic way possible”.
She reiterated that her family sympathises with the relatives of those who were slain by her father.
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Asked whether the family had considered using some of Kanhai’s wealth to compensate the families of those he killed, the daughter said: “It was never put forward by the families as an option. We are poor and I don’t know if or who spoke about compensation… I will have to enquire from other family members and only then we can comment, but as of now, we are not thinking about that.”
On November 13, about 13: 30h, Kanhai armed himself with a gun and discharged several rounds indiscriminately at Middle and East streets, Georgetown. As shots rang out, passersby took cover and police ranks raced to the scene. Kanhai retreated into his home above the taxi service. An initial attempt at storming the building was met by a barrage of gunfire.
Two wounded ranks, Lance Corporal Sherwin Pantlitz and Lance Corporal Michael Forde were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where they later succumbed.
Police subsequently stormed the building and Kanhai was fatally shot, bringing an end to an almost three-hour standoff.
A dispatcher at the Crown Taxi Service and a driver were also killed in the pandemonium.
