Killing of Berbice businessman…Hotel owner for court today for offering bribe to cop

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Killing of Berbice businessman…Hotel owner for court today for offering bribe to cop

Aug 23, 2016 News

A relative of one of the three accused in the murder of businessman Shameer Ali Mursalin is scheduled to be charged today for allegedly offering a $400,000 bribe to a detective from the Major Crimes Unit.

Murdered Berbice Businessman Shameer Ali Mursalin.

The relative, who is a hotel owner, was arrested last Saturday after he turned up at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, allegedly to hand over $100,000 as an initial payment.
Police reportedly have video and audio evidence of the hotel owner offering the bribe and handing over the money.
According to reports, the relative visited CID Headquarters sometime last week. He then made the $400,000 offer to a detective from the Major Crimes Unit, which is being lauded for cracking several difficult murder cases.
The businessman indicated that he would give the detective an initial $100,000, and was to have paid the remaining $300,000 yesterday.
After appearing to agree to the offer, the detective notified his superiors and a trap was arranged. The relative was then taken into custody yesterday when he turned up with the cash.
Commenting on the issue, Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine said that: “The fact that people have come forward to report this is a very encouraging sign. We have been saying within the last two years or so that we have noticed a significant shift in the level of confidence in the level of confidence people have in the Guyana Police Force.
“We are not there yet, but we’re getting there, and that means a lot.”
Mursalin, called ‘Kazac,’ a trader, of Grant 1805 Weld Tank Dam, Crabwood Creek, Berbice Corentyne, in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), was fatally shot to the head following a longstanding dispute with a fellow businessman, on October 24, 2015.
Berbice businessman Dennis Veerasammy and two of his employees, Basheer Harrinauth and Delroy Fraser, were later arrested and charged with the murder.
The three men are facing a Preliminary Inquiry before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court in Berbice.