THE much-anticipated report by the Police into the investigation involving recent allegations of torture of a 15-year-old boy at the Leonora Police Station is to be released either Monday or Tuesday of next week.

The report is to be handed over to President Bharrat Jagdeo upon his return home on Monday, following his attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2009 which officially opened yesterday in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon, told a post-Cabinet briefing at the Office of the President.

President Jagdeo, who ordered that an “open” investigation be done, had said at a news conference on November 5 last that the Police were given two weeks to complete the probe.

He stated that other options would be considered if, in his opinion, the report was not satisfactory, and stressed his seriousness about the incident when he remarked, “I think that we have to take the strongest possible action against all the perpetrators.”

The Head of State further said that while the action will not be limited to the direct participants, all those involved will have “to bear some of the consequences”, and he also promised that the finding of the probe would be made public so that the citizens can judge for themselves.

According to Dr Luncheon, Cabinet was informed when it met on Tuesday that the file containing the report is under review by authorities at the Office of the Police Complaints Authority and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), in keeping with the statutes, who will subsequently advise the Police on the course of action to be taken.

He said this process should be completed by weekend to facilitate the formal handing over to the President.

At last week Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly, the main opposition People’s National Congress had walked out after a motion by Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, requesting that the House be adjourned to discuss the torture allegation, was disallowed by Speaker Ralph Ramkarran.