Leroy Smith

THE relatives of 29-year-old Nicholas called Nick or Peron who was killed along a road in one of the interior locations on Sunday are accusing the police at the Bartica Police Station of ‘roughing them up’, and chasing them out of the police station, when they went, on Sunday, to report the death of the young man.

According to what relatives told this publication in an interview on Monday, the mother of the dead man was inconsolable and she went to the station, but, given her grief-stricken state, she could not find the words to speak and instead ‘broke down’ in tears.

The police on duty at the time reportedly asked her, and the relatives who accompanied her to the station, to leave the building and compound and told them to stand on the roadway.

The relatives also communicated the alleged unprofessional conduct to Minister Simona Broomes who travelled to the location and met with them on Monday morning.

It is alleged that Nick had initially witnessed the stripping of a truck by a few persons and his death could be related to such.

The man who, it is claimed, witnessed the shooting was also reportedly taken away from the location and the police are said to be looking for him. The identification marks of the truck used by the men who carried out the murderous act and abduction were also given to the police who said that they are on the lookout for the said vehicle.

Relatives said that they were also told that Nicholas made a report to the police about the incident but that the report was not recorded in any diary at the station.
Efforts to contact the police commander on the matter proved futile.