NRI Gujarati faces robbery in his store in US, watch in photos

Valdosta, Georgia, America, 22 December 2011

NRI Gujarati and his store are again victim of armed robbery in America.

This time the place was Foodway store located at Valdosta’s North Forest Street, and victim NRI Gujarati was Hemant Patel who owns the store.

A frightening armed robbery is caught on tape.

The robber walked into Foodway convenience store on North Forest Street on Monday night at around 7:30 and told everyone to get down.

He pointed a gun at the store owner Hemant Patel’s head and got away with a bunch of cash.

“He followed towards me and put the gun to my head and say ‘come on behind the counter,'” said Patel. “He snatch me and took me behind the counter.”

“There was about three to four customers inside and two to three customers outside on the parking lot,” said Patel.

This is the robber pointing the gun, as he steals money from the cash drawer and from under the counter.

“He told me to open the register but the register was already open because my employee was already serving another customer,” said Patel. The suspect then jumped over the counter and left.

Patel told police that the suspect left in an older model blue Oldsmobile and headed south on North Forrest Street.

The robber is black. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt,a white and blue bandana over his face, and gloves.Valdosta Police say the robber is between 25 and 30 years old, about 5-feet 8-inches tall, and 170-pounds.

Patel says he’s been in business for fourteen years and this is the first time he’s been robbed.

“The important thing is nobody was hurt,” said Patel.