Cops face departmental charges for ‘neglect’ in Leonora station death

Asif Rahim Khatoon

‘My husband was brutalised and killed by the police and something should be done to stop this from happening to others. We don’t want more innocent persons to end up losing their lives’ – widow Soorsattie Chandrapaul

 

Although six police ranks face departmental charges for neglect, none will face criminal charges in the death of Asif Rahim Khatoon, who died after being beaten at the Leonora Police Station, after no evidence was found linking any of them to the fatal injuries, the Guyana Police Force said yesterday.

Khatoon, of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, was reportedly beaten by police on November 21, 2014,