RESPONDING to an article published in the Kaieteur News on August 4, 2015 under the headline “Local Chutney star sues Top Cop”, the Guyana Police Force has said Mahendra Ramkellawan was arrested in accordance with the law, and that Kaieteur News has deliberately omitted the state’s response to the lawsuit.A police press release issued Tuesday sought to highlight the biasness of the Kaieteur News in its publishing of the article.

Mahendra Ramkellawan filed a lawsuit on June 01, 2015, naming as respondents the Commissioner of Police and two other members of the Guyana Police Force, as well as the Attorney General.

The state, on July 27, 2015, filed in response an affidavit which denied the allegations and indicated that the arrest of Mahendra Ramkellawan was in accordance with the law.

Even though the State’s response is a public document, in the same docket as Mahendra Ramkellawan’s claims at the Supreme Court Registry, Kaieteur News has deliberately omitted to indicate the State’s response to the lawsuit, the GPF release indicated.

The Guyanese public should insist on professional journalism from the media houses operating in Guyana, the police release concluded.
(Michel Outridge)