Guyana Police Constable arrested over alleged leak of Kitty shooting surveillance footage
A 20-year-old police constable has been placed under close arrest for allegedly leaking surveillance video of last week's Kitty shooting involving a senior officer and the opposition leader.
Constable held over alleged sale of Kitty shooting footage
The Guyana Police Force announced Monday night that a 20-year-old constable has been placed under close arrest in connection with the leak of surveillance video recordings from the Government's Safe Country programme at its Command Centre, newssourcegy.com reports.
The footage at the centre of the probe documents a shooting incident in Kitty last week involving Senior Superintendent Prem Narine, Head of the Special Branch, and Azruddin Mohamed, Leader of the Opposition.
At a press conference on Monday, Mohamed released the full surveillance recordings of the incident. The video shows his car being approached at a traffic light by a police vehicle, with Narine holding a firearm and discharging several rounds toward the opposition leader's vehicle before arresting Mohamed and two of his workers.
Within minutes of the opposition leader making the footage public, the Guyana Police Force issued two separate statements announcing the constable's arrest on suspicion of leaking the recordings.
According to police, the constable allegedly accepted an $800,000 bribe in exchange for the video, which he allegedly downloaded from the Command Centre before providing it to the opposition leader. Investigators further allege that the constable subsequently went on a shopping spree and transferred money to his mother. Police said they are working to recover the funds.
The two statements issued by police were notably inconsistent. The first indicated that the matter was under investigation following information received about the allegations. The second, released just minutes later, stated that the constable had allegedly admitted to the offence.
Both statements confirm, however, that the investigation into the alleged downloading of surveillance footage is based on information received by police.
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