Proprietor dies three weeks after foiled robbery

A 53-YEAR-OLD proprietor died at his La Brea home three weeks after his thumb was severed during a foiled robbery at his mini mart.

An autopsy on the body of Dhalip Rambarose revealed that death was caused by a blood clot in the lung. However, relatives believe Rambarose died as a result of the injury he had sustained during the robbery. A relative, who did not want to be named, said Rambarose never recovered from his injury. The incident occurred around 9 pm on May 2. Rambarose was closing his business place, located downstairs his home on Sobo Circular Road, when two men brandishing cutlasses entered the building. Rambarose struggled with the men and his left thumb was severed. In spite of his injury, the bleeding man managed to wrestle a cutlass away from one of the men. His assailants then ran off and he contacted the police. Rambarose died at his home last Saturday and was cremated Tuesday.