…after being terrorised by gunmen
THE relatives of police Constable Devendra Singh, who is under close arrest following the baton-sodomy allegation by a detainee at Timehri Police Station in November, said yesterday that since the incident last Friday night when two men invaded their home, they are still very afraid.Leila Singh of Mon Repos, East Coast of Demerara, told this publication that since the home invasion they are forced to lockup early and now they have to put on lights inside and outside their home as a form of security.

Singh said that since Friday night numerous calls are being placed to their landline telephone by persons who refuse to answer and this situation is quite distressing.

The woman noted that she is very afraid to go about her usual business of vending because she is fearful for her life as she feels the men may return to complete what they had previously set out to do since last week’s attempt failed.

On February 7, 2014, two men showed up at the Singh’s home and entered the house through the unlocked door. They demanded that Singh go into the house after she had seen them on her back verandah but she ran to the front verandah and managed to secure herself by locking the door.

Her 16-year-old daughter was also there lying on a bed when the men came but shouting for help failed to alert neighbours because loud music was being played in the neighbourhood. However, she placed a call to a relative, who informed her husband and he showed up after which the men left.

While the men were inside the house they repeatedly told her to keep quiet and demanded that she should go inside to meet them or they would kill her. It was at that point, Singh made up her mind to jump from the verandah with her daughter because she did not want to be harmed by the men.

Singh said she preferred her limbs to be broken than to be raped and for such an experience to befall her young daughter, who is also very tramautised by the incident.

When contacted yesterday, ‘C’ Division Commander, Christopher Griffith told this publication that he was not aware of such a report but would enquire. However, the police at Beterverwagting Police Station, East Coast of Demerara, only responded after Singh told them she was the aunt of Devendra Singh.

Members of the Community Policing Group (CPG) also responded but the men escaped after running through the backyard. They exited through a neighbour’s unfenced yard and left in a waiting white Toyota Raum vehicle.
Written By Michel Outridge