After months of silence, ex-Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday denied that he threatened slain political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing or was involved in his murder even as he distanced himself from a former bodyguard who has been arrested in connection with the probe.
At a news conference at the Sleepin Hotel, Nandlall confirmed that he did hire Rajput Narine, who was held on Wednesday, as a bodyguard but emphasised that he did so after Crum-Ewing’s death.
“Why would I retain somebody to be part of a plot? I would have to be very stupid to be involved in Mr. Crum-Ewing’s shooting, then go and hire subsequently a person who apparently has some connection with this killing and then make that person my bodyguard. I have to be insane,” he said.
Narine, who is a former Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officer and a current employee of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), is one of two men being held by police in connection with the murder. Both he and the other man, who is suspected to be the shooter, remained in police custody up to press time. Police continue to search for a third person.
Crum-Ewing, a 40-year-old father of three, was shot five times on March 10th in the Diamond Housing Scheme, where he was urging persons to head to vote the PPP/C out of office at the May elections.
For weeks he had held a one-man protest outside Nandlall’s office and called for his removal over statements the former AG had made during a telephone conversation with a reporter that was