COMMISSIONER of Police Seelall Persaud has ordered a thorough investigation into allegations that a prisoner at the Timehri Police Station lock-ups was raped by one of the officers.Persaud has ordered that the matter be investigated by the police Office of Professional Responsibility as well as by the Criminal Investigation Department. Police yesterday had a medical examination conducted on the man who levelled the accusation, while they were also getting ready to perform the same tests on the police rank who is now under close arrest.
Police Commander Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum when contacted confirmed that a statement was taken from the man accusing the police of raping him. However, it was pointed out that several aspects of his statement would have to be cross-checked, since some inconsistences have appeared.

Meanwhile, persons at Soesdyke on the East Bank of Demerara reportedly came forward and told the police that the man has a medical condition and whenever that happens, he would seek financial assistance for medical attention. Among the alleged inconsistences the police said they were able to detect was that the man claimed the policeman who had raped him did so at gunpoint, but the records indicate that the rank did not uplift a weapon that day.

The man also claimed that he was taken out of the police lockups to have the alleged act committed on him. However, police are saying that it was the day before that he was taken out of the lockups for the purpose of a confrontation with a civilian who showed up at the police station to identify him in connection with a matter.

Meanwhile, police are to take additional statements from persons in the community about the man as well as other prisoners who were in the lockups at the time the man was being held. The Timehri Police Station has had its fair share of negative press following the alleged baton rape of Colwyn Harding almost one year ago, a matter that is currently before the court. In that matter, it was stated that a police rank pushed a police baton up the rectum of the young man who was also a prisoner at the station. The Police Complaints Authority has since recommended criminal charges against two ranks of the station, while several other ranks who were on duty there at the time were disciplined departmentally.
It was also reported that Phillip who is now making the claims against the police detective was inside the lockups when Harding was being held and is said to be a key witness in the matter for the police.