THE Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has completed its investigations into the alleged threat made by publisher of Kaieteur News, Mr. Glenn Lall to the Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Khurshid Sattaur.

And Crime Chief, Mr. Leslie James yesterday disclosed that the matter is now with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The investigations followed a complaint made by the GRA Commissioner-General. He lodged a formal complaint at the Brickdam Police Station, regarding an alleged threat from publisher of Kaieteur News, Mr. Glenn Lall.
Standard Operating Procedures in similar matters require the lodging of one’s firearm, if the person making the alleged threat is a licensed firearm holder. However, it is unclear whether or not Lall has lodged his licensed firearm.

MADE IN AUGUST

The alleged threats to the GRA Head were made in late August when two vehicles used by Lall and his wife and alleged to be part of a remigrant duty-free scam were impounded by the Authority.
At the time Sattaur disclosed that he received a telephone call from a person “whose voice I recognised as Mr. Glenn Lall” and was threatened.
He said, “Lall called me from an overseas number and threatened to expose me; he threatened to deal with me in a matter, as if I’m a thief and he’s going to do this thing, because I am using my office to deal with the matters I normally deal with.
“He threatened to use his newspaper to expose me; I don’t know what wrong I am doing. If I am trying to do the Government’s work…I don’t know why people should be upset, if they are doing wrong things, they should be subject to the laws as well.”
According to Sattaur such actions, the making of threats, are unconscionable.
“I am not acting vindictively. I am doing my work. Mr. Lall is not excluded from paying taxes,” the GRA Commissioner-General said.
The two vehicles in question, PRR 8398 and PRR 8399, which were handed over to GRA and impounded at the Authority’s warehouse, followed an hour’s-long standoff between GRA officials and Navin Sankar, a high-ranking GRA employee.
Six criminal charges altogether have since been filed against Lall, his wife Bhena, and Sankar’s parents, Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan, who have all been implicated in the scam.
An investigation was then launched to ensure that procedures and policy, as well as the provisions of the law were adhered to. The criminal charges, this newspaper understands, stem from that investigation.