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The taxi driver, who is attached to a Lusignan, East Coast Demerara service, has adamantly refuted the allegation that he took the woman’s jewels, and continues to profess his innocence.
The police have said the driver remains in custody, and would not be released before expiry of the 72-hour holding period, and then only if there is insufficient evidence to charge him.
The woman disclosed yesterday that police telephoned her residence to say the suspect is in custody and the matter is under investigation. And to substantiate her case against the taxi driver, her daughter who gave her the jewels is expected to give a statement to the police.
Detailing her experience on Monday night, Beharry said she had taken to the destination meals that she had prepared, and had left her handbag on the back seat of the taxi to make the delivery.
Upon returning to the vehicle, she retrieved her handbag but did not check inside, and the same car took her back home several streets away.
It was when she reached her gate and opened her handbag that, to her dismay, she realised that the jewels had been removed; and she tried in vain to stop the driver, who sped away.
To date, despite calls to the taxi service, she has been unable to recover her jewels before reporting the matter to the police.
Meanwhile, owner of the taxi service, Nasser Khan, told the Guyana Chronicle that he had spoken to Beharry when she visited his place of business accompanied by two men, whom she identified as policemen, and he noted her complaint. He asked the driver in question whether he had taken the woman’s jewels, but the man, who is attached to the service but operates his own car, denied taking them.
He added that the man had been with the service for three years, and was never involved in any such thing.
Khan said he, too, went to the Vigilance Police Station where he lodged a report.
