Chairman of the Tuschen Community Policing Group (CPG) Shaheed Ahmad said efforts are being made to soil his good record of effectively fighting crime in the East Bank Essequibo community, in an effort to remove him from the post.
Ahmad told Stabroek News yesterday that during a community outreach meeting last Friday, certain named persons were demanding that residents speak ill of him.
He explained that attempts were made to perceive him as a corrupt CPG member which is far from the truth. Ahmad, a businessman, was very upset while he was speaking to this newspaper and stressed that he had been elected to the post three times. He said that he has been the chairman of the Tuschen CPG for the last two and a half years.
The businessman stressed that the police commanders he has so far worked under, have often congratulated him for his work and he had received awards on two occasions.
Ahmad said too that he was very dissatisfied with the actions of the commander who did nothing to defend him.
A resident explained to this newspaper it was the residents who elected Ahmad as chairman and that since he took up that position, there had been a considerable decrease in crime in the community.
Stabroek News was told of the many arrests including in cases where crimes were being committed on young girls, were made due largely to the efforts of Ahmad and his group.
The resident said that the commander, another senior policeman and a traffic rank held an outreach at the Tuschen Primary School to hear the grievances of the residents. During the meeting, it was explained, certain persons were instructing residents to say that Ahmad was collecting money and was involved in other corrupt activities.
The resident told Stabroek News that the commander did not stand up for Ahmad even though he had the records to support that the chairman was actively trying to fight crime.
He along with others called on the commander and other senior officials to warn the persons involved about their behaviour. The resident stressed that politics should not be mixed with policing.
