Bullet removed from businessman's head

DOCTORS at San Fernando General Hospital have successfully removed a bullet from the head of the businessman who was shot on Friday morning during a robbery at his business in Phoenix Park, California in Couva.

Up to today, fifty-year-old Dipraj Hudson remains warded at the Intensive Care Unit, police said.

A police report said at about 5.30 am, a gunman confronted Hudson at his mini-mart. A struggle ensued and Hudson was shot in the head and shoulders. He fell to the ground as the gunman ran away.

The injured man was taken to the Couva Health Facility and later transferred to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.

The businessman is a retrenched worker from Arcelor Mittal in Point Lisas.

No arrest has been made and Couva police are investigating.