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Oct 15, 2016 News
A file is being prepared to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice as it relates to a
matter regarding five ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who are accused of stopping and extorting money from Kaieteur News staffer, Harry Brijmohan on August 17, last.
The file will be sent on Monday by the GPF’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).
A source from the OPR explained that the investigation into the matter is completed with only a little “fine tuning” left to be done.
“The investigation is finished and we will send the file for advice on Monday. There are only some small things left to be done now to close the file,” the source said.
Around 15: 20 hours on August 17, last, Brijmohan was reportedly stopped by five policemen after he was caught riding his motorcycle without a helmet.
The ranks searched him, demanded his documents and then informed him that they had to charge him and place him before the court, despite his offence being a ticket-able one. He was told that he could have only made a phone call after 72 hours.
”One of them tell me that I should have ride away, that his gun rusty because long he ain’t use it.”
The Kaieteur News staffer was only allowed to continue his journey home when the policemen demanded that he gave them $5000.
When Brijmohan’s experience with the lawmen made the news and OPR launched an investigation, the five policemen in question all denied ever seeing or stopping the motorcyclist—although they admit that they were indeed patrolling in the area on that day.
However, video footage later surfaced—contradicting the denial by the cops.
The footage showed the staffer, Harry Brijmohan, sitting in the tray of an unmarked vehicle with his motorcycle, as it drove west along the road that leads to Providence New Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) between 15:20hours and 15:35 hrs.
The footage was handed over to the detectives who were working on the case.
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