Guyana’s Deputy Police Commissioner sent on leave amid allegations of rape

The Guyana Po­lice Force (GPF) has con­firmed that the Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Fizal Karim­baksh has been sent on leave pend­ing the out­come of an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to al­le­ga­tions of rape and threat­en­ing be­hav­iour made against him.

The GPF said that Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, Dr. Clifton Hick­en, fol­low­ing re­ceipt of the re­port, es­tab­lished a team to con­duct a thor­ough in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the al­le­ga­tions.

It said that ad­di­tion­al­ly, the fe­male Po­lice In­spec­tor who made the re­port has been trans­ferred from the Spe­cial Or­gan­ised Crime Unit (SOCU) to Re­gion­al Po­lice Di­vi­sion 4 ‘A’.