THE Police on Tuesday night, in response to an article published in the Kaieteur News of September 2, 2014, under the caption: “Bandits hijack car with over $1.5M in cash, goods, ” said that in the article businessman Ramanand Jagdeo is alleging that on August 31, 2014, when he went to the Ruimveldt Police Station to make a report the gate to the compound was padlocked and that the policewoman, who subsequently took his report was unprofessional by doing so on a piece of paper.

The GPF in a statement stated that Ramanand Jagdeo went to the Ruimveldt Police Station at about 04:30hrs on August 31, 2014, to report an incident in which he had been robbed of his motor car PRR 4395.

It added that at the time of his arrival at the station, the gate to the compound was closed but not padlocked as alleged, and would have opened had it been pushed.

However, Ramanand Jagdeo remained at the gate and called out for the police during which time he resorted to the use of indecent language.

The statement noted that a female subordinate officer on duty went down into the compound and told Ramanand Jagdeo that the gate was open and he pushed it open and followed the rank upstairs into the Enquiries Office.

Some amount of discretion was applied and his use of indecent language was overlooked after hearing his report, the police said.

The police stated that Ramanand Jagdeo reported that around 04:00hrs on August 31, 2014, he had stopped his motor car PRR 4395 on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, in the vicinity of GUYTRAC, when he was confronted by three men who had travelled in another motor vehicle and who pulled him out of his vehicle and drove away with it. He said that cash and other valuables totalling $1.4M were in his car.

The statement noted that the report was recorded by the subordinate officer in the appropriate station record book and not on a piece of pape, as claimed by Ramanand Jagdeo.

He however, appeared not to be in a state of mind to give a written statement at the time and was advised to return to the station later in the day in order to do so,the police said.

The statement stated that on September 1, 2014, Ramanand Jagdeo gave a written statement in which he stated that one man had taken away his motor vehicle, contrary to his earlier report in which he had said that the act was committed by three men.

However, in response to the report, diligent investigations by the police have led to the recovery of the stolen motor vehicle during the evening of September 1, 2014, at a residence in Sunflower Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, the police added.

The police also reported that five men have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.

Ramanand Jagdeo has been informed of the developments in the matter.