Ramotar urges police to go after detective’s killer

President Donald Ramotar said he has instructed the police commissioner and crime chief to do all that is possible to find the killer of Detective Corporal Jirbahan Dianand after a visit to the home of the deceased’s parents at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, on Monday. This was disclosed in a brief discourse with the media at the Albion Estate Senior Staff Club.

“I’m concerned about this murder and I have even spoken to the commissioner and the crime chief on this matter to do everything they can to catch the criminals who committed this horrible crime on this young man,” the head of state said.
The president, in the company of acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell met the mother, father, brother and other relatives of the 23-year-old, and conveyed his regrets over the dreadful slaying. “It’s extremely difficult and heartrending to visit the parents of a young officer who is trying to do his best for the country and to see the pain that parents and relatives and family have been going through… it’s not an easy thing to witness those things,” Ramotar said.
In honour of Dianand who served the Guyana Police Force for more than three years, President Ramotar urged an increased intensity in the battle against the narco-trade. “The best way we can pay tribute to his memory is by increasing the fight against these narco-traffickers and crime generally, because that is what he gave his young life for, to fight crime and for us in the society to be protected from those offences and therefore, we have a responsibility to him to increase our fight and to do all we can to bring these people to justice and to rid ourselves, society, of such criminals.”
President Ramotar assured that his government will continue to defy corrupt elements in the ranks of the police force. “If you look at the statistics too, you would see that many policemen have been dismissed and many of them have been charged and put in front of the court … the commissioner himself has made it very, very clear that he is ready to take any action on any police that is bringing disgrace to his profession,” he said.
An autopsy performed by government pathologist Dr Vivikanand Bridgemohan concluded that Dianand died as a result of shock, haemorrhage, and laceration to the brain due to gunshot injuries.
Investigators have released two policemen stationed at Springlands held after the discovery of the body. One was Dianand’s partner, who worked with him at the Moleson Creek Ferry crossing and the other discovered him in the car at Moleson Creek. Both were released on Sunday from close arrest.
This publication understands that around six persons, including two women held for questioning, were sent on Gy$ 100,000 bail each late Monday, while several other persons were questioned and sent away since the incident.